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gory. Wise indeed is he who can rightly 
interpret the great allegory of human life. 



AN ALLEGORY 

"I, who erewliile the happy garden sung 
By one man's disobedience lost, noY\^ sing 
Recovered Paradise to all mankind, 
By one man's firm obedience fully tried 
Through all temptation, and the tempter 

foiled 
In all his wiles, defeated and repulsed, 
And Eden raised in the waste wilderness," 
Of old traditions false belief, 
And creed cursed men. 



Rich Man's Guide 



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CONTENTS 



-Chapter. Title. Page. 

Introductory 13 

BOOK I. 

1 Race Without Reason 21 

2 Strangling the Masses 32 

3 Reason's Warning 45 

4 Stealing God's Gifts 52 

5 Deadly Dollar Mark 60 

BOOK 11. 

1 Rise of King Clip 66 

2 God and Prophet 81 

3 King Clip's Intrigues = . . . 92 

4 King Clip's Levers 103 

5 Enemy Identified 113 

BOOK III. 

1 Ignorance in Allegory 120 

2 Errors of Humanity 140 

3 Mystery of Christ 155 

BOOK IV. 

1 Prey to Ignorance 170 

2 Throne of Tradition 176 

3 Knowledge vs. Belief 187 

BOOK V. 

1 Cruelty's Self Curse 195 

2 Nature and Natural 210 



THE KEY 

In the proportion that knowledge takes 
the place of ignorance among the common 
people, evil will be displaced by righteous- 
ness, tyrany by liberty, want by plenty, 
sickness by health, suffering by happiness, 
hate by love, envy by brotherhood, creed by 
truth, and death by life. Knowledge is the 
only power unto salvation for the human 
race. Ignorance is parent to all our woes. 



INTRODUCTION 



TO' TEIACH, as it has been given me tO' 
understand, the tmth, in the forms of 
allegory, is a mission that a few ha,ve 
honored and dignified in all ages. It is 
more difficult for the masses to under- 
stand and tO' appropriate the truth, when 
symbolized in exact terminology, than it 
is when dissiminated by parable or by 
allegory. 

The smart set — the specialists^ — say 
that the truth is this way, and that way, 
and the other way. No two of these 
learned scientists have agreed in any 
age, much less in modem times. Their 



14 I:n^troduction 

work has been toi polish up old traditions^ 
old false beliefs, blooid-sucking and life 
destroying creeds, and to give new force 
toi the mythical gods of avarice. 

Mine is the happy lot to' wield the 
sword of allegory, and thereby toi un- 
mask the destroying angel, whose power 
and rule have led the masses of mankind 
into' slavery, and whose wicked sway is 
now leading them on to destruction and 
to death. 

The real power behind the wicked 
throne of mammon today, as in all ages, 
is the God of religious creeds — the de^ 
mon teacher of obedience to tradition— 
the incarnation of ignorance and false 
belief. From this power all human strife 



iNTRODUCTIOlSr 15 

proceeds. It is pareint to^ all inequality 
among men, and the source of all op- 
pression and misrule. 

^^Do' unto others as ye would that men 
should dO' unto you", has been appropri- 
ated as the signboard for the' real ene- 
mies of the common people. The insti- 
tutions of civilization that hide their 
hideous forms behind this legend, stolen 
from the language of nature, are slowly 
but surely working out the ultimate deg- 
redation and destruction of a vast ma- 
jority of the human, race. More than 
this, the few who share in the poisonous 
gains of this system are gradually de- 
creasing in numbers, and will continue 
under this narrowing force, until only 



16 Introduction 

the wicked king himself will be left to 
gloat over the ruins, or to fall a. victim to 
his own avarice; or, until the masses 
will rise, before they are too weak to do 
so effectively, and destroy their oppres- 
sors. 

Turn your eyes to the scenes that are 
being enacted (June, 1904) in the young 
state of Colorado. There human strife 
has shown the imperfect and selfish laws 
of man to be already inadequate to con- 
trol the harvest of unrighteous civili- 
zation. But this is only a stray spark 
from the mighty energies that are 
generating beneath the crust of society 
that must soon break forth in an awful 
furj^ 



Introduction^ 17 

As a race we have sown tO' the wind, 
and as the unalterable laws of nature de- 
mand payment to' the uttermost farthing, 
we are about to reap the whirlwind. The 
throne of sham civilization is already 
threatened; the twin gods of creed and 
gold are in danger; and the unrighteous 
power of selfish greed maist sooner or 
later be smoked out of its hitherto^ secure 
hiding place. 

When one man (or a few men) robs 
the com^mon people, in order tO' pile up 
more than his legitimate life-wants re- 
quire, in order that he may exercise self- 
ish, unrighteonjs and oppressive power 
over his fellows, and seeks to- wrest the 
throne from the real and true God, and 



18 Introduction 

to convert it intoi a machine for his own 
glory and the ruin of the many, there is 
danger ahead. The civilization that 
tolerates snch procednre is rotten. 

These conditions prevail today. They 
have been accnmnlating for ages. Hence 
onr civilization is false, and its institu- 
tions are a frand and a snare. This is 
painfnlly plain to- him who reasons intel- 
ligently. Hence the author asks: 

''What shall the harvest be?" The 
som.ewhat hidden teachings of this little 
volume give the answer in forceful alle- 
gory. 



What the world most needs today is a 
mighty army of truth teachers, The 



Introduction 19 

masses are famishing for knowledge^ — 
for knowledge of truth as it is in nature 
— in GrO'd — ^not as it is in creed, and greed 
and gold. This is the only force that will 
bring ^^ peace on earth, good will to 



men. ' ' 



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BOOK I. 

Allegory of the Dollar Mark 



CHAPTER I. 



RACE WITHOUT REASON. 

ALTHOUGH the word Eeason is in 
constant use by all races of men, how few 
there be who heed its force; how few 
there be who reason at all. 

If reason were the predominating trait 
of man there wonld be no poverty or 
crime, and bnt little suffering in the 
world. Eeason at once teaches that na- 
ture has in her ever-filled storehouses 
food, clothing, shelter and all other nec- 
essaries and comforts, in abundance for 
all her children, and to spare. 



22 ^ Allegory op the Dollar Mark 

Eeason teaches us that mother earth 
produces, and may continue to' produce, 
responsive to the industry of mankind, a 
thousandfold more than her creature 
oiffspring can consume. Her gifts are 
without stint — without limit. 

This is true', and yet there are millions 
destitute of the necessary comforts of 
life. We see at once, therefore, that 
reason is not the predominating trait of 
the average person. On the contrary, 
we see that passion, appetite and self- 
preservation are the ruling forces in our 
race today. Throwing reason to the 
winds, mankind yields toi passion, which 
is leading the race onward, with rapid 
stride, with destruction as its only goal. 
We follow the sordid, selfish impulse of 
passion regardless of results, while ap^ 
petite surfeits its consuming desire with 
everything in sight calculated to appease 
its greed, without reason at all. 



Eace Without Eeason 23 

In this mad pace greed has developed 
the modern Shyloek; and through his 
deadly agency disease, poverty, want and 
snfferirig sweep over the surging tide 
of life. Crime is the offspring of these 
conditions. Why? Becanse, as reason 
shows lis, modern Shylocks control all 
nature's products in every land, and that 
they are supported and upheld in their 
plunderings by the money gods of the 
whole world. 

This system has continued for so long 
— becoming stronger from generation to 
generation, and from century to cen- 
tury, that these Shylocks have actually 
become blinded to' the wants of the 
m^asses, and not onl}^ this, but they have 
developed such a merciless spirit that, 
were they able to feel or understand the 
wants and sufferings of their victims, 
they wouldj for the most part, find a 



24 Allegory of the Dollar Mark: 

fiendish delight in pressing forward in 
their unrighteous traffic. 

The multinde may inquire how, or by 
what system, is this miserable work ac- 
complished. The answer is simple. It 
comes through our boasted system of 
education whereby we are founding va- 
rious patriotic and religious institu- 
tions. In this way the people are divid- 
ed into many sects, with arbitrary creed 
boundaries to' separate them. The masses 
are ignorant of the true force of this sys- 
tem, and dO' not foresee its results. They 
keep up a continuous crossfire at each 
other by which they become confused, 
as was the case with the builders of the 
Tower of Babel. In this way industry 
lags for want of true motive, and conten- 
tion arises. But as we see, under the 
light of reason, the more the people are 
divided the more secure becomes the 
throne of this modem Shylock. Hence, 



Race Without Eeason 25 

as this system of domineering the peo- 
ple by creeds, and ties of so-called loy- 
alty to certain institntions becomes 
stronger; and as the masses become 
hopelessly divided thereby, they become 
weaker in, mind and in body, and there- 
fore more dependent on their designing 
rnlers. 

Eeason teaches ns that if these condi- 
tions continue, as from all indications 
they will, in a few more generations 
mankind will become a mere machine, 
worthless as men and women, until in 
sheer desperation they will defy their 
masters, and their masters' laws. 

If Shylock were acquainted with the 
laws of nature he would probably refrain 
from his unholy schemes, as the devil 
would avoid '^holy water;" an^J why? 
Because the laws of nature will not ex- 
cuse the ignorant. Eeason teaches that 
according to the laws of nature, great 



26 Allegory of the Dollar Mark 

wealth produoes tolerance of selfish pas- 
sions by which the vital forces are weak- 
ened. In this way the body becomes dis- 
eased and is sure toi find a premature 
grave; but, worse than this, the higher 
qualities of his being are poisoned and 
degraded to* ultimate mental and moral 
suffering. 

As long as Shylock continues his un- 
natural system of rule the people will 
become weaker and shorter lived. Rea- 
son proclaims this doctrine for both ruler 
and ruled. In what way ? Take, for ex- 
ample, a plant. Grive it too' much moist- 
ure, or not any at all, and the plant dies 
a premature death. Give the plant 
moisture in moderation and it will de- 
velop to maturity. The millionaires 
come tO' a premature grave; so do- their 
slaves, the over worked and under fed. 

Reason examines history and tells us 
that crime and poverty are on the in- 



Race Without Eeason 27 

crease. The writer has already given 
the cause. Over-indulgence and over- 
work are both disease breeders. 

If all mankind had as free access to 
land as they have to air, light and wa- 
ter, the health and happiness of man- 
kind wonld be a thonsand-fold increased, 
Go to the birds of the air and the fishes of 
the sea, and to all land animals that are 
not prohibited a free nse of na- 
ture's productions. Let the reader ask 
himself, What is the difference between 
the health of these animals and human 
beings? The former are not subjected 
to the ignorant, selfish laws of man, and 
yet they patronize neither drug stores 
nor physicians. Which of the class of 
animals nam.ed most need medical 
assistance? Reason answers this ques- 
tion. If brutesi were as unhealthy 
as the human race, even the domesticat- 



28 Allegory of the Dollar Mark 

ed class, where wonld sufficient doctors 
be found to consider their cases ? 

Suppose all of the animals of the 
world should enter into an agreement 
and formnlate laws, as does mankind, 
and divide God's domain into holdings 
of both land and water, with titles to 
each holder. What wonld be the result, 
in the event that they were able to con- 
trol the water? Would it not become 
stagnant and filthy? Just as soon as the 
water were prohibited free circulation 
according to nature's demands, it would 
become sO' poisonous that the earth 
would be deluged with famine and dis- 
ease. 

Suppose the animals were tO' enact a 
law against immigration, or one provid- 
ing for a protective tariff. What if those 
animals and birds that change their hab- 
itats at different seasons of the year as 
a matter of self-preservation ? Take the 



Race Without Eeason 29 

wild geese, for example. Why do theiy 
emigrate? Eeason answers. Now that 
which applies toi any one class of ani- 
mals, applies toi all animals, human or 
otherT\dse, except that with hnmans, the 
process of destruction is a little slower 
than with the brute tribes. When will 
the destruction be complete? Just as 
soon as all the land and water gets un- 
der control of trusts and combines. Then 
imperialism will follow with a ven- 
geance, with its standing army to hold 
bayonets tO' the trembling gaze of the 
common people. 

What then? After a brief endurance 
of untold suffering, the smoldering vol- 
canoi of the oppressed and depressed 
will break forth in mighty fury. The 
smoldering gases of discontent are al- 
ready generating power for the storm. 
When it breaks forth the boasted insti- 
tutions of mankind — the institutions of 



30 Allegory of the Dollar Mark 

learning, of religion, of govemment — 
tottering on imperfect foundations, will 
fall. 

Again, reason teaclies that if all the 
lower animals were as orthodox in be- 
lief, and in '^practice" as mankind, the 
highways wonld be so filled with the 
dead and dying, filth and corruption, 
that the earth would not be a safe abode 
for animal life of any kind. More than 
this, if such beliefs prevailed animals, 
instead of applying themselves to the 
industry of feeding upon the products 
of the earth, would seek only to devour 
those in opposition to them as in the case 
of the present so-called civilized races. 

Again the busy bee would gather hon- 
ey only from such flowers as were enu- 
meratel in its creed. Hence many sweets 
would be lost, as is now the case with 
men and women, on account of creed 
prejudice. This is precisely the case 



Eace Without Eeason 31 

with the sects of our age. Neither cares 
tO' look intO' the teachings of the others. 
Bach is content with his or her own be- 
lief. Each claims perfection, and on his 
or her own line it is proposed to fight ont 
the prohlem of destiny. All this is con- 
trary to reason, sense and judgment. 



32 Allegory of the Dollar Mark 



CHAPTER II. 

STRANGLING THE MASSES. 

1 — THE masses of this age haye been 
trained by heredity and from birth to be 
patriotic to their country, their creeds, 
and the institutions made for their con- 
trol, to such an extent, and with such 
lasting effects, that they are now safe 
within the grasp of their masters. Hence 
it remains with their dictators and ad- 
visors toi say what is right and what is 
wrong. The masses in general are as 
submissive to- their leaders as a truck 
mule team is to its domineering driver, 
or as any animal of burden is to its mas- 
ter. 

Why? Because they are birth-marked 
to this servitude. Hence it is for those 
in authority to set the example or vol- 
unteer the advice and the masses will 



Strangling the Masses 33 

follow of tlieir own free will, like so 
many chickens or birds tkat gather 
ronnd the kind housewife, when she goes 
forth with her apron filled with seeds 
or grain to' feed them. 

There is no law on earth made by 
man that can accomplish reform by co- 
ercion. Men must be raised by deeds of 
kindness — by philanthropy; they must 
be taught and trained in the steady sun- 
light of reason and truth. This alone 
can bring about reformation in human 
society. The reason why infidelity, law- 
lessness, crime and insanity are on the 
increase is because our leaders and ex- 
pounders have failed toi fulfill their 
agreement. While their words are 
smooth as oil, their deeds are vile and 
treacherous. They are like unto a car- 
niverous cat that charms the innocent 
bird to its prey. 

Is it any wonder that the many have 



34 Allegory of the Dollar Mark 

denied the existence of Grod? Why? 
They behold the many beaiutiful things 
about them, and see great palaces filled 
tO' overflowing, and vast storehouses of 
plenty, produced by their own efforts 
jointly with the gifts of nature, but they 
are forbidden to^ touch them; and if 
they express one word of discontent 
they are called ^'^ calamity howlers," or 
disturbers of the social peace of the 
land. It is from this cruel treatment 
that so many seek the haunts of specu- 
lation, gambling and vice, instead of hon- 
est labor. 

There is another reason for this. So^ 
ciety has branded honest labor as vul- 
gar. The laborers' money is received 
gracefully, even courteously, but his 
company is acceptable only under very 
urgent or trying circumstances, wherein 
he may be used at a profit, or an advan- 
tage, or possibly to' relieve some one who 



Strangling the Masses 35 

is in a hoirible difficulty, such a& res- 
cuing a loved one from a watery grave, 
or to secure a runaway team. 

Now this is all noticeable in nearly 
every walk of life. Why this discrim- 
ination between man and man? Is the 
father of the universe at fault as to this, 
or does it arise from the downright ig- 
norance of society ? Is it not due to- our 
educational system, to our boasted insti- 
tutions of civilization? It is noted that 
only a few days ago* the author was in- 
formed in a local newspaper that a high 
school teacher insisted that the word 
^^ gentleman" could properly be applied 
only tO' the professional class — that it 
could not be correctly attached tO' a 
working man. This is ungodly, un- 
holy, — a crime against humanity. 

For ages christian theologians of all 
nations have been teaching the people 
tO' follow in the footsteps of Christ, and 



36 Allegory of the Dollar Mark 

to do unto others as they would have oth- 
ers do untO' them. At the same time all 
governments have been training and 
educating our brightest intellects to- be- 
come traitors to their fellows, by placing 
them on the detective roll, or causing 
them to act as spies in foreign lands, 
and tO' ferret out the secrets of govern- 
ments to which they are accredited and 
to betray them to the rulers of their 
own country. 

What do we see? Our spies or detect 
tives in foreign lands, enjoying the pro- 
tection of foreign governments, and pre- 
senting themselves as missionaries for 
Christ and his church, frequently turn 
out to have been emissaries of avarice 
and greed. This applies to representa- 
tives of governments, and others as well 
as to missionaries. 

How are these people rewarded while 
residing or journeying in foreign lands? 



Strangling the Masses 37 

When their mission is at an end, after a 
hasty handshaking, and a sincere wish 
for a Incky return to their homes, and 
extending an invitation tO' come again 
that their friendship and christian fel- 
lowship may be renewed, they part, and 
to all appearances, in sincerity. In due 
time they meet again, but not in the 
christian spirit. They meet, but it is in 
bloody conflict^ — the conflict of might 
over right. 

The Judas, the famous detective or 
spy, has completed his master's work 
and received his pittance for the treach- 
erous performance against his brother 
man. Hence, when the common, plain 
people go forth to battle against one 
another in these days of civilization, it 
is not for freedom they fight, as they 
may suppose, but to the contrary. The 
common plain people have no enemies 
in these founders and builders of na- 



38 Allegoey of the Dollar Mark 

tions. Tiieir enemies are those who place 
the dollar mark above humanity. 

The masses are as ignorant regarding 
freedom that comes through shot and 
shell and smoke asi a cow that is tied to 
the end of a rope, in a stumpy, brushy 
field. While she follows up the juicy, 
tender grass to satisfy her hunger, she 
is being wound up round the stumps and 
before she is aware of her condition, 
she is brought to> a sudden stop where 
death awaits her from starvation, un- 
less released by a kindly hand. 

You say that if the cow had reason- 
ing faculties she could unwind and re- 
lease herself. Very well. Man is pos- 
sessed of reasoning powers, but what 
does that signify. Does his present con- 
dition indicate that he has acted as rea- 
son dictates. Are not the masses as bad- 
ly tangled up as the poor brute men- 
tioned I Certainly. 



Strangling the Masses 39 

Man is confronted with false teach- 
ings, false doctrines, and false patriot- 
ism. In what direction is he to escape? 
Reason answers: By reversing the sys- 
tem that has brought him into bondage. 
Our system of education must be 
changed — changed in, the^ interests of 
producers, so that we shall have a gov- 
ernment for and by all of the people. 
Under the present condition of affairs, 
the people have become so' accustomed 
to abuse that they are much like a child 
that every night at bed time had to^ be 
spanked before it would go to sleep; but 
when its mother met with a change of 
heart at a christian revival meeting she 
decided it cruel to punish her child in 
that way. Nevertheless, at bed time 
each night the child would begin to 
whine, and continue it in expectation of 
the usual whipping. When it became 
evident that the mother would not ad- 



40 Allegory of the Dollar Mark 

minister the whip, the child spanked it- 
self and then went quietly tc sleep. The 
behavior of the masses today is the same. 
If no' one else will persecute them they 
punish themselves. They have been 
falsely taught from infancy that perse^ 
cution is good for the soul. 

Those in more comfortable circum- 
stances think they have noi cause for 
alarm. They rest quietly on their oars, 
depending upon the patriotism of the 
police, the army and the navy for their 
safety, without even dreaming that in 
some future time, a storm of indignation 
and revenge will burst from the help- 
less, oppressed masses, whoi will one day 
vindicate their rights to God's domain; 
and rise for liberty which is the eternal 
prayer of mankind. 

There isi an example of them in the 
heroism of their forefathers, besides 
freedom is the highest law of nature. 



Strangling the Masses 41 

Already the commoii people are seeking 
new light, yea, a new system by which 
all of the people may be free from tyr- 
anny, avarice and greed. If reason pre^ 
vails there will be no canse for blood- 
shed, but if ignorance continues, all will 
suffer the consequences. The rich and 
the poor alike will be at the mercy of 
the angry torrents. The sentiment al- 
ready is. Give us liberty or give us 
death. 

Those officials now in power must not 
think that because money and bribery 
have thus far been successful that these 
powers will always rule. The question 
now before the masses isi as to which 
way they will turn, or what course: they 
will pursue. Shall the self-chosen few 
be permitted to continue in their mad 
rush for gain, or will the common people, 
as one man, say to them, thus far and no 
farther. 



42 Allegory of the Dollar Mark 

It is the author's hope that public 
opinion will ere long stay the hands of 
the ignorant Shylocks from further sep- 
arating humanity from its God-given in- 
heritance. 

The defenders of Shylock landlords 
ask, If the people want free use of the 
land why did the many sell their home^ 
steads and their timber lands tO' the land 
grabbers? We answer, For the same rea.- 
son that Esau sold his birthright to 
Jacob for a mess, of pottage. Again these 
apologists exclaim, Did not Uncle Sam 
give tO' each person a homstead right of 
160 acres of land? We answer, Yes, in 
the same way that many parents give 
their little ones money: they let them 
play with it for a short time, then take 
or coax it back again. 

As a rule the homestead lands are so 
remote from market that it costs more 
to freight the products thereof than they 



Strangling the Masses 43 

are worth. This is because the facilities 
afforded large land owners enable them 
to crush the small ones. Hence it is 
that after a few years of privation the 
remote farmer sells his land for a nomi- 
nal sum to the money sharks. Had the 
government properly protected these 
small holders they would have retained 
their lands. 

Under the existing systems of money 
and unequal taxation there is not a small 
producer on earth who can compete with 
the land monopoly and live long. The 
profits that rightfully belong to the 
small farmers are realized by others at 
the commercial points, hence the young 
people of such neighborhoods flock to 
the cities, for it is at those points that 
the profits are divided. It is natural for 
all animals, humaa and otherwise to fol- 
low the feed box, and to seek the plea- 
sures of social life. 



44 Allegory of the Dollar Mark 

It is a mistake to suppose that there 
can be no social life in the country. Un- 
der a proper system it would become a 
continuation of villages, and each family 
would enjoy a home of its own where 
neither landlord nor tax collector, both 
worthless to civilization, dare enter to 
tyrannize a peaceful, industrious, happy 
family. 



Eeason^s Waening 45 

CHAPTER III. 

Eeason's Warning. 

1 — IF marriagei is on the decline, and 
if a large percentage of the marriages 
entered into prove failures, reason is 
ready with an explanation for these 
things. In the first place, under present 
conditions, there can be no assurance 
that an industrious, frugal man can suc^ 
ceed in supporting a family in anything 
like comfortable circumstances. In 
making the forecast, in appealing to 
reason, one shrinks from bringing more 
children intoi the world — the cold pit- 
iless world^ — to roam about after the for- 
tune of yellow dogs which have no mas- 
ters, no! homes^ — ^noi heaven. 

As soon as the average child leaves 
its mother ^s breast it is compelled to 
seek labor of some kind. This can sel- 



46 Allegoey of the Dollar Mare: 

dom be found beneath the parental roof, 
which resolves the finding of a situation 
to the fact of a new master. Then mis- 
ery begins in earnest. Follow such a 
wanderer from its cradle to' its grave. 
The pathway is a saddening one. 

To be ^ ^forewarned is to be forearm- 
ed. ' ' If the greed of existing monopolies 
be not checked, an irresistible torrent of 
dissolation and destruction, with its at- 
tendant horrors awaits the American 
people. The Johnstown flood will fade 
into insignificance before the consuming 
elements of the coming conflict. 

Although the people of Johnstown 
were time and again warned that the 
dam above the quiet village was liable to 
give way to the power of the torrents, 
they heeded not; they were told that 
should it break death and desolation 
would be upon them with no' possibility 
of escape, but they heeded not the voice 



Eeason^s Warning 47 

of warning. It is the same with the 
great bulk of our race. They are being 
told almost daily that the dam which 
holds back the smoldering fury of an 
oppressed popnlation is liable to break, 
loosening the rage of an oppressed, over- 
taxed, overworked, over creed-burdened 
populace; and that in such an event the 
avalanche will cover the earth, wherever 
sham civilization abounds to consume 
and to destroy, but they heed not the 
danger. Those who warn them are 
called calamity howlers. It was the 
same in the case of the Johnstown flood. 
It was the ^^ calamity howlers" who 
warned the people, but when the danger 
was realized, who were the real ^ ^howl- 
ers?" 

The dark night of the valley of deso- 
lation, overshadowed by its destroying 
angel, is approaching for millions. The 
forces of retaliation, of revenge^ — the en- 



48 Allegory of the Dollar Mark 

orgies of revolution — are generating 
beneath the crust of society and will 
soon break forth in a Johnstown flood of 
conflict. 

Perhaps a few of my readers would 
like to know what the Johnstown dam 
was built for. It was for the sames pur- 
pose that the sociological dam of creeds 
and colleges was built that now holds 
back the wrath of the masses from con- 
suming the Shylocks, and the money 
gods. It was built tO' satisfy the pas- 
sions and greed of the rich; it was built 
for profit and pleasure. Little did those 
wealthy chaps think of the awful dis- 
aster that was to follow their deeds ; lit- 
tle do the trusts and combines realize the 
awful disaster that is to fall upon 
rulers and the people generally, when 
the dam which they are now so firmly 
building tO' confine the surging tide of 
human life, and to oppress it intO' un- 



Eeason's Warning 49 

righteous servitude, will crumble before 
the resistless power of outraged human- 
its. It will be as a world wide devasta- 
ting flood — as a, universal consuming fire. 
The Johnstown dam was a monument 
to the passion and greed of the rich ; the 
results of its destruction are a memorial 
of nature's mighty wrath. The monop^ 
oly, trust and creed dams already con- 
structed in human society to^ oppress and 
restrain the righteous liberty of the 
masses will be destroyed also; and the 
results of that destruction will be world- 
wide. 

Some of the elements of our present 
system of government are the weakest 
points of civilization. This is true the 
world over. 

Think of this! Why cannot the rich, 
the strong, the mighty of our race be as 
liberal to those from whom they suck 
their life blood as is the boundless ocean 



50 Allegory of the Dollar Mark 

towards tlie rivers and streams that sup- 
ply its life? The ocean forever returns 
dollar for dollar, life for life, strength 
for strength, measure for measure. The 
money gods take, and make nO' return. 
Now and then there is a pretense in the 
way of some return in the form of a li- 
brary or a college, but when this occurs 
the gift is so conditioned as toi be prohib- 
ited from disseminating the seeds of hu- 
man freedom. It is generally for the 
purpose of propagating the slavery of 
the race. Beware of the educational, as 
well as the creed pitfall. 

If the rich would emulate the example 
of the ocean, given in its behavior to^ 
wards the rivers, God's will would be 
done on earth as it is in heaven, and 
crime, ignorance, greed and suffering 
would be -relegated tO' the history of the 
past. Nature supplies enough for each, 
enough for all, enough forever more. No 



Eeason^s Waening 51 

man is so foolish as tO' deny this truth. 
Then why should man dispute the pos- 
session of nature's gifts. Think of it. 
Avarice is a worse crime than treason! 

The struggle for liberty is in the na- 
ture of every living creature, just as it 
abided in the waters at Johnstown, and 
if this universal prayer of humanity is 
long confined, contrary to the laws of 
nature, the results will prove to' be ruin 
to everything in its way. Take heed 
*^ while it is day, for the night cometh 
when no man can work." 



52 Allegory of the Dollar Mark 



CHAPTER IV. 

Stealing God's Gifts. 

1 — THE advaiiced improvements, dis- 
coveries and inventions of all kinds, in 
meclianics and otherwise are displacing 
laborers by hundreds of thousands. What 
is to be the final outcome? What will 
happen when this mighty army of the 
unemployed becomes universal, innu- 
merable, hungry, discouraged, reckless, 
and maddened to desperation. Reason 
answers: Why it will forge weapons of 
human destruction, in order tO' regain 
its lost inheritance that was freely given 
to it by nature's God. In the struggle 
the earth will be filled with woe. Nature 
requires payment of the uttermost far- 
thing. The destruction, the suffering, 
the anguish, the loss, the cry for help 
will run up and down the earth and 



Stealing God^s Gifts 53 

there will be not redress, no help. The 
masses will spread the fury of desolation 
in aimless revenge. The oppressors and 
their '^bell wethers" will call for mer- 
cy and find it not, nor will self destruc^ 
tion provide a, balm for this wonnded 
life. 

Let the preventative be prescribed 
now, while reason may be invoked. Let 
the rich and inflnential of all nations 
reason together before it is entirely too 
late, so that civilization may be brought 
into line with philanthropy and right- 
eousness, and a degree of brotherhood 
and sisterhood, founded on reason and 
knowledge established. This alone will 
save the race from almost universal de^ 
straction. 

The masses, like all creatures look, 
by nature, to their leaders for instruct- 
ion. This being the case the hope for a 
better future depends upon a change of 



54 Allegory of the Dollar Mark 

heart of the world's leadership^ — upon a 
change in the forces that rule. The ques- 
tion is not the pricd of the goods, dear 
reader; it is a question of a proper, equit- 
able system for the distribution of nar 
ture's gifts. This must lead the way to 
universal knowledge, industry, virtue 
and righteousness. These things^ — these 
great principles of life — cannot be forc- 
ed upon a, hungry populace. 

There are some avenues for escape on 
the plane of equity. If improved labor 
saving machinery lessens the number of 
the employed, then let the hours of labor 
of those employed be reduced accord- 
ingly. If now one man can do the work 
performed formerly by ten, then let the 
number of hours of labor be so reduced, 
as not only to furnish equity to the em- 
ployer — to capital — but work to all who 
are willing and capable of performing it. 

This is what the mighty ocean does. 



Stealing God^s Gifts 55 

It gives, up its waters, in full measure, 
to- the! sources of supply, and makes 
annual distribution from its great store- 
house. Suppose the old ocean became 
greedy, like gain-seeking men, and held 
all the waters rolling within its mighty 
walls, not only for its own selfish pleas- 
ure, but to! oppress the land. What then? 
The earth would speedily become a des- 
ert, and barren of all life, and the ocean 
would be left alone in its miserable 
glory. That is precisely what the 
money getting gods are doing today, 
and the worst of it all is, the masses fall 
down and worship- them. The news- 
papers print their portraits, and tell 
wonderful stories of their ^^ grand'' 
lives, even detailing their most unir^ 
portant eccentricities. 

But where is the portrait of the aver- 
age man of today — the real wealth pro- 
ducer? Does it appear in the news- 



56 Allegory op the Dollar Mark 

papers? No! No! Except he manage 
to lose his life in an effort to' save that of 
the rich. 

If rich and powerful men — powerful 
only because of stolen wealth — ^had no 
hand in the creation, or evolution of this 
universe, on what ground can they lay 
claim to the divine right to make laws 
and customs and creeds, overturning tlip 
laws of nature, thereby dispossessing the 
masses of their Grod-given inheritance? 
It is agreed by christian and atheist 
alike that man had no' part in forming 
the earth, but that the earth is the gift of 
nature to nature's children. It is in like 
manner agreed that all nature's children 
are rightfully subject to the laws of na- 
ture; and that if they rebel against them 
they must suffer. Now if man did not 
create the bountiful gifts of nature what 
right has he to withhold them from his 



Stealing God's Gifts 57 

brother man? Woe unto- Mm who- vio^ 
lates the laws of the Almighty. 

What is the reward of the rich, who 
because of opportunity seize upon the 
bounties of nature, and hold them in 
control away from famishing thous- 
ands? It is not very much after all. 
That ruling god called public opinion 
applauds him for his brilliant rascality, 
and the newspapers sound his praises, 
but these portions doi not, and cannot 
alleviate pain, disease, nor stay the hand 
of premature death for himself or his 
victims. 

The dollar mark is the cover toi the 
source of temptation before which men 
fall. It is the dollar mark that causes 
them to barter virtue for the gratifica^ 
tion of avarice. The dollar mark repre- 
sents a serpent twined about the tree of 
knowledge. It was this mark that origi- 
nally tempted man toi bribery; in this 



58 Allegory of the Dollar Mark 

way he parted with his knowledge of 
truth for the advantages of money. 
Herein is seen the hidden meaning of the 
scriptnre, ^^What does it profit a man 
to' gain the riches — wealth — of the 
whole world, if thereby, he lose his own 
sonl. ' ' 

It will not do merely to teach the 
people^ — the masses — to^ do right. They 
must be given the opportunity, the abil- 
ity and the knowledge to do it. You 
may teach, but you must give with it 
the power and the opportunity to> prac- 
tice. We must always have a tender side 
for those sinking men and women of our 
race, who' because of circumstances, lay 
hold of nature's bounties within their 
reach, whether they have a legal title to 
them or not. If a man be accidentally 
thrown into the river, and, as he rises 
above the surface of the water clutches 
to a floating log near by, does he ask who 



Stealing God's Gifts 59 

owns the log? Suppose the owner of the 
log should cry out to him: ^^Keep off 
that log. I own that log. It is my priv- 
ate property". Do you suppose the 
struggling creature would pay attention 
to him? Self preseirvation is the only 
object of the sinking man. It is nearly 
always the same with the thief, in a 
greater or less degree. The thief is not 
guiltless, but the founders of the system 
that produces thieves are far more guilty 
than he; and although the courts do- not 
identify them, nature records their 
names and their deeds, and in due time, 
administers her supreme laws. They 
will ultimately have toi pay the penalty 
to the uttermost farthing. 



60 Allegory of the Dollar Mark 

CHAPTER V. 

The Deadly Dollar Mark. 

1 — Tlie rule of the money gods which 
has flattened the mass of humanity out 
into' a fertile, productive valle;y, from 
which these sharks draw their wealth, 
is producing a sad condition of society. 
Hundreds of thousands — * millions 
throughout the world — are thrown aside 
as husks for which the gamers have no 
further use; and these unfortunates are 
preying upon society for a livelihood. 
Some of them — many of them — are in 
prison; thousands are in asylums; thous- 
ands are in the ranks of the suicidal 
army; the more fortunate are merchan- 
dising or peddling, or vending nostrums 
and medicines, or practicing quackery 
in medicine and law. Others of them are 
in the halls. of speculation or the haunts 



Deadly Dollar Mark 61 

of gambling, while still others thrive in 
gayly furnished offices in the world's 
great buildings, preying upon innocent 
investors with their thousand and one 
swindles. Among these are the rejected 
of the pulpit, and of every walk, profes- 
sion and trade of life. Some of these 
were rejected because depressed in their 
own lives, or by heredity, tO' a point 
where their usefulness is gone; others 
were rejected because they could not be 
twisted and bent to conform to their 
master's unholy wishes. These were 
called cranks. 

From this great army of the rejected 
a thousand new employments, industries 
and callings have come intO' ecxistence. 
All this was in harmony with nature's 
laws. These idlers, who had been, as it 
were, dropped from society's pay rolls, 
became birds of prey, and howling, hun- 
gry wolves, or wolves in sheep's cloth- 



62 Allegory of the Dollar Mark 

ing. As a result the world today is filled 
with a mighty army of '^hunters" and 
'Wrappers" who may be met with on 
street comers, in hotels, and in all the 
offices, halls, byways and highways of 
life, presenting the horrible spectacle of 
man hunting and seeking to devonr man. 

Yea. the world is full of man hunters 
and man eaters. Thousands of traps are 
to be seen in convenient places tempting- 
ly baited by avarice and greed to catch 
the unwary. Nearly all of these traps 
and pitfalls are baited with the serpent 
dollar mark, wherein the tree of knowl- 
edge is made the staff for the deadly 
coils of the tempter. 

Desolation and death, disease and 
crime have played sad havoc with the 
human race, at the hands of greed and 
avarice. As a result we may everywhere 
scent decaying human bodies and brains. 
Buzzards in the form of quack doctors, 



Deadly Dollar Mark 63 

led by their lecheroius instincts gather 
for promised feasts, and lounge in fine 
offices, draped in spotless linen; or, it 
may be, they circle in neighborhoods in 
easy carriages among the sick and af- 
flicted, prescribing their worthless nos- 
trums in search of the almighty dollar. 

But there is another class of buzzards 
more disgusting than these. This class 
appears in hordes as false prophets, false 
teachers and preachers, under the guise 
of reform, which everywhere impreg- 
nates the already weak and diseased 
brain. Eeason brings all these horrible 
things to our observation and teaches us 
that they are resultant upon the avarice 
and greed of the rulers of men. 

Dissipation and adulteration arise 
from the same causes. The busy busi- 
ness man resorts to all kinds of decep- 
tion to further his interests. The grocer 
adulterates his goods, the miller his 



64 Allegory of the Dollar Mark 

flour; the manufacturer of fabrics with 
ground up rags; the builder covers the 
worm eaten holes in his defective lum- 
ber with paint, putty and varnish; the 
politician preaches reform and holds out 
his hand for a bribe; the showman 
tickles the multitude with cheap ink and 
paint and takes their money without giv- 
ing a return. 

Why does man thus swindle and de^ 
vour? Listen! Away back in remote 
ages the seed of revenge was planted in 
the heart of his ancesters. This seed has 
germinated for ages in the hearts of the 
generations, and has always manifested 
itself whenever opportunity was avail- 
able. It arose from some wrong perpe- 
trated by man upon man. The wrong 
originated in bribery, trickery and de- 
ception. In order that the revenge for 
this might be adequate, d^ep schemes 
had to be laid and developed. 



Deadly Dollar Mark 65 

The original assault was upon the tree 
of knowledge. The serpent that coiled 
ah out that tree to tempt mankind was 
the dollar mark. For this dollar perfect 
man sold truth, knowledge, wisdom, vir- 
tue and righteousness. All this is now 
plain to mankind. The bribe' — the old 
and the new money bribei — ^was taken 
and the whole human race has come 
under the yoke of the money power— the 
power of wealth; and, through the slav- 
ery of this power man has been degraded 
to' sinning against father, mother, broth- 
er and sister and his fellow man. 

Bring the money gods — the power of 
money — the creed gods — before the 
judgment throne of reason, and hold 
them in bondage there, until, under the 
searching light of knowledge, they 
wither and die. Then will the human 
race be made free and nature's laws ad- 
ministered by nature's God, will fill the 
earth with peace and plenty. 



BOOK II. 

Allegory of King Clip 



CHAPTER I. 



Rise of King dip. 

King Clip, although of very humble 
parentagej has, by his ambition and 
greed, become the greatest ^'civilizer'' 
known to the human race. It is of his 
ingenuity, energy and push that com- 
merce is what it is today. The great 
variety of inventions in modem times 
are due to his skill ; he has prompted all 
the great discoveries. In all ages he 
has been the advance guard of civiliza- 
tion. He is of the ^^ better wear out than 
rust out'' type. 

In the first place he discovered to man- 



EiSE OF King Clip 67 

kind its nakedness, and suggested the 
plan of clothing the body. He is fre- 
quently called an evil spirit or the devil, 
because of his opposition tO' the laws of 
nature. It was he who induced our 
primal ancesters to partake of the for- 
bidden fruit. It will be seen that King 
Clip was not one of the common herd — 
not a laborer merely — but an individual 
of great brain power, and that he knew 
quite well how to use it to his own ad- 
vantage. He was an architect of for- 
tunes, a thorough engineer, a command- 
er, a general and an all-round dictator. 
He had a knowledge of nature and was 
in touch with human nature. He could 
place his hands on all the weak spots in 
animal nature. This gave him great 
power over all things. He understood 
little things in his own immediate sur- 
roundings; this gave him a grasp on 
greater things. It often happens in early 



68 Allegory of King Clip 

life that one's ambition is too- great to 
assure success. The fox is regarded as 
a cunning animal, but is often caught, 
for the reason that he does not always 
carefully measure the hole in the hen 
coup before entering. 

A majority of people want riches be- 
fore they earn them. They are too anx- 
ious for results, and often begin to harv- 
est before the crop is ripe. They do not 
give their efforts and the laws of nature 
time to mature. They endeavor tO' sow 
and to reap the same day. Not so with 
King Clip. He was prudent to his own 
advantage and profited by his cunning 
and his caution. 

To make this allegory more forceful it 
is necessary to give the origin and his- 
tory of the Clip family — the ancestors 
of King Clip. To many, this strange 
family is a mystery, and will so remain, 



EiSE OF King Clip 69 

owing to' its strange origin and proclivi- 
ties. 

The Clip family had a low, obscure 
origin, but today it wields the most 
powerful influence abroad in the world. 
The members of this family are today 
dictators and rulers of all nations, yet 
they are known to but few people. They 
have the cunning of a, fox, the appetite 
of a bloodsucker, and may be regarded 
as tares among wheat everywhere. 

In a way they were bom rich, for they 
commanded the best gifts of nature, the 
fruits of the* earth, and possessed the 
power of bringing others intoi slavery to 
them. Their earliest habitat was a 
marshy country, and, in their more 
primitive state they lived upon such 
animal species as mice, rats, etc. As 
time passed, and as they cultivated a 
higher taste, they migrated to a higher 
country. The head of the Clip family 



70 Allegory of King Clip 

was among the first to emigrate. In the 
new country to* which he journeyed he 
fell in with strangers of a different na- 
ture and disposition from his own. In 
short he found himself hungry and a 
stranger in a strange land. There were 
numerous things that looked edible, but 
they were so swift of flight that Clip 
could not catch them. Soon he became 
SO' hungry that he could not sleep. One 
night while prowling about he espied one 
ot the! creatures he had unsuccessfully 
endeavored tO' capture on the previous 
day. Instead of taking flight at his ap- 
pearance, being fast asleep, it sat 
motionless before his longing gaze. Yv^ith 
a single bound Mr. Clip caught the bird 
and held it secure in his grasp. 

It proved the finest meal he had ever 
eaten. Ever since that event Mr. Clip 
has devoted at least a portion of the 
night time to talking advantage of his 



EiSE OF King Clip 71 

fellows, sleeping sufficiently after sun- 
rise to make up for the loss of that kind 
of rest in the natural hours. 

After remaining in that locality for a 
while Mr. Clip became acquainted with 
other edible birds and animals, and 
many a family circle were bereaved of 
its dear ones. Mr. Clip was always 
astonished at these disappearances, and 
never failed to mourn with the mourn- 
ers. 

The inhabitants that Mr. Clip came to 
reside Avith lived upon grain, fruit, nuts, 
etc., while the new comer had accustom- 
ed himself to' a diet of flesh, to obtain 
which hisi cunning was always heavily 
taxed. It was necessary for him to ap- 
proach his prey stealthily. His new as- 
sociates had no need of cunning for their 
food was always stationary, and could 
be approached and eaten at any time, 
without much effort. 



72 Allegory of King Clip 

It will be seen, therefore, that Mr. Clip 
belonged tO' one species, and his. new 
conntrymen quitei another. The one was 
camiverous, the other herboverous, 
or boreal. However, after a brief stay 
Mr. Clip returned tO' his old habitat, 
looking fat, fine and sleek. In a few days 
he emigrated back, taking with him a 
few of his relatives as well as his wife 
and little ones. These events raised him 
to the position of king of the Clip tribe. 

On the first night of their arrival the 
king of the Clip race took his family 
and friends to a convenient residence 
where they devoured a whole bevy of fat 
birds. Now it happened that the bird 
family destroyed were the songsters of 
that neighborhood. They always began 
singing at day break, which was the 
signal for all other birds to be astir, 
making ready for breakfast. On the 
morning following King Clip's return 



EiSE OF King Clip 73 

their voices were not heard, and for that 
reason the other birds overslept them- 
selves. When they awoke and realized 
that their musicians were gone, they be- 
came very melancholy. However, they 
soon began to suspect the Clip family; 
there were frequent disappearances 
among the feathery tribe almost every 
night. Eiver since those events, although 
they transpired long ago, birds have 
been afraid of all other living creatures. 

As soon as the birds began to roost 
higher, King Clip realized that he had 
been earless in his boldness, and re- 
solved to be more cautious thereafter. 
As time passed the birds became scarce. 
They kept much in hiding, and taught 
their offspring in the arts of cunning. 
This made it more difficult for King 
Clip and his tribe to prey upon them. 

As time passed other animals appear- 
ed, such as the hare, the rabbit and the 



74 Allegory of Kiin^g Clip 

squirrel, and it was easy, for a time, for 
the Clip family to capture them, but 
they too became shy and difficult tO' se- 
cure. Fiercer and fiercer became the bat- 
tle for existence on both sides; and all 
weaker tribes admitted that it was a 
sorrowful day when these flesh eaters 
came to dwell amongst them. 

It is plain that the various and more 
innocent tribes of those days never un- 
derstood the true nature or disposition 
of the flesh-eating, blood-sucking race; 
they did not realize the true nature of 
King Clip. They knew not, therefore 
they feared not. It was, to some extent, 
in those times, a struggle for existence 
on both sides, but the ruling spirit of 
the earth was being developed in the 
chosen Clip race. The flesh eaters had 
established themselves as the progeni- 
tors of future kings and rulers, and were 
begining to lay foundations for the plun- 



EiSE OF King Clip 75 

der and oppression that was tO' follow in 
the long distant future of races on the 
earth. 

As already noted the craft and cun- 
ning, as well as the treachery and de- 
ception were monopolized by the Clip 
race. It was because of this that they 
were able to' prey upon other races and 
bring them intoi servitude and slavery. 
This was made easy by the dense ig- 
norance of their victims, and these con- 
ditions and forces still prevail on the 
earth. We shall follow King Clip in 
his rise and rule, but, for the present let 
us. indulge some reflections. 

Is it not true that ignorance always 
fouls its own nest, and is always in slav- 
ery or bondage to- the more crafty. Ig- 
norance is forever turning grindstones 
for its rulers toi sharpen knives to slay 
it with. The sweat shops, jails, asylums, 
almshouses and the like are all filled by 



76 Allegory of Kixg Clip 

ignorance. The suicide comes to his 
end by the tool of his own sharpening. 
All suffer from the effects of their own 
folly. Ignorance reigns and rules and 
ruins in the earth, and those who' bear 
its banners are forever the prey of those 
who' join knowledge with deceit. Tra- 
ditions sprang up in the world many of 
which — all of which — are still held 
sacred. When? Why, when ignorance 
was densest, when there was but little 
light and little knowledge. We are still 
clinging to these children of ignorance. 
They constitute the yoke of bondage for 
the masses today. 

We, the m.asses, do- not realize our ig- 
norance. We will not admit it. It is 
always the other fellow. We are totally 
blind and are in captivity, in slavery, 
without knowing it. Thus are we the 
children of our own folly. The poor 
laborer complains of his long hours, 



EiSE OF King Clip 77 

whether in the ditch, on the railroad, in 
the shop, store, warehouse or on the 
fami. All complain. The alms giver 
complains of toO' many callers; society 
is stricken with fear at the many sni- 
cides and insane patients; the doctors 
are appalled at the increase of disease; 
the preachers are crying ont at the in- 
crease of wickedness. All is confusion. 
Statesmen are grappling with the un- 
solved problems of sociology. Starv- 
ation and distress stalk np and down the 
land. 

In the midst of all these dire circum- 
stances dame nature is extending her 
bounties in ample store for all. What 
dO' the masses toil for? It is plain. They 
toil to produce capitalists and to im- 
poverish themselves. They march under 
the banner of ignorance. Ignorance is 
forever in want, forever miserable, for- 
ever dependent, forever in slavery, for- 



78 Allegory of King Clip 

ever oppressed and a sufferer. Ignor- 
ance cannot lead itself, nor will it allow 
intelligence — knowledge to lead. Hence 
greed and cunning trinmpli. The mi- 
nority rales everywhere, and this will 
continue as long as ignorance predomi- 
nates. Knowledge is the only way of 
salvation for the age in which we live. 

We continue in ignorance because we 
are governed by false laws — laws which 
are the product of ignorance. Out 
rulers, teachers and guides are false. We 
are clinging to- a sinking ship. Society 
is rotten tO' the core. We are forever 
donning the garments of others; we 
often preside at charity functions, in 
fine clothes while the dressmaker is in 
want and suffering for her pay. 0, ye 
hypocrites of all creeds and denomina- 
tions, the wrath of outraged nature 
awaits you, and every false prophet, 
judge, teacher and oppressor, and when 



EiSE OF King Clip 79 

vengeance overtakes the race all will 
suffer. 

We meet King Clip again, but in an- 
other clime, and in another form. We, 
the detective, meet him near a beautiful 
park, and although in disguise, he is 
identified as the one who emigrated 
from the ancestral swamp. He is really 
the same old King Clip, for while his 
whole body has changed in form, his 
eyes show the same cunning, and his 
mode of action bears the same stealth 
and craftiness. 

After a short interview with this de^ 
stroyer king, the detective learned that 
he had been roaming up and down the 
earth, emigrating from one habitat to 
another wherever he happened to find 
the most abundant prey tO' satiate his 
blood-thirsty appetite. He had pros- 
pered well, and was now about to as- 
sume new functions conformable with 



80 Allegory of King Clip 

the advanced place to which evolntion 
had raised him and his tribe. His wife 
was to play a prominent part in his new 
role. 

Other tribes had also advanced, and 
King Clip saw that the time had come to 
bring them into his service. Why should 
he work or struggle! longer for food? 
Why should he not compel toil from 
others by his cunning, so that the boun- 
ties of nature would be laid at his feet 
by willing slaves? 



God and Prophet 81 

CHAPTER n. 

God and Prophet. 

IT WAS at this point that a gigantic 
conspiracy was entered into against all 
races of the earth which has gonci into 
effect, and which still exercises sway on 
the earth. King Clip kept his secret 
well. His plan was carefully thought 
ont, but after ages improved npon it. 
He said tO' his wife: ''You are God. I 
am God's Prophet.'' The conspiracy 
was told in few words. She understood. 
The plan was laid, and now execution 
was easy. 

This germ of conspiracy is the primal 
cause of all our woes. From it we have 
''the fruit of that forbidden tree whose 
mortal taste brought death into- the 
world and all our woes". The germ has 
developed and grown by degrees, from 



S2 Allegory of King Clip 

generation to generation, and from age 
tO' age, nntil today its mighty system is 
the blighting power that rnles the world. 
There have been many inventions and 
make shifts, and theories, bnt this one 
God-Prophet conspiracy has ever over- 
shadowed all else, and has been the 
weapon of all conquests. It is today the 
object of universal worship, and is the 
instrument of both salvation and de^ 
stmction. It has brought the inhabi- 
tants of the earth into* slavery to- Clip, 
the Prophet-King, who' in the name of a 
god of his own creation, rules the ig- 
norant masses with a rod of iron. 

We now reach the age of God and his 
Prophet — King Clip and his wife^ — ^with 
the Prophet in control. Why not? 
Should not the king rule the God of his 
own creation? Have not all the Proph- 
ets and kings of the earth ruled their 



God and Prophet 83 

gods ? Why should King Clip be an ex- 
ception? 

The King and his God now began 
operations in their new field. It was a 
delightful country they were living in. 
It was a perfect paradise. Nothing was 
lacking. Every conceivable comfort and 
blessing of life were at hand. There 
was an abundance. The future was de- 
pendent only upon good management. 
The way was clear to King Clip, only 
that he had a greater variety of dispo^ 
sitions, or tribes to contend with. The 
king and his wife were never seen to^ 
gether in the day time. Their consul- 
tations were always held under cover, or 
in the dark. In this^ way they did not 
arouse suspicion as to their real char- 
acter. They at once extended sympathy 
and comfort to all. 

One day God (Clip's wife), while 
making observations, noticed that there 



84 Allegory of King Clip 

was one creature that differed from all 
the others. He appeared to be a ruler. 
They called this being Igno. Igno' in 
his behavior was a natural worshipper 
and dwelt much in silent adoration of 
nature. King Clip, the prophet, studied 
him carefully. They observed that the 
birds and other living creatures were 
not at all afraid of him, but came about 
him fondly and in full confidence. Igno 
lived on fruit and nuts, and oftimes wa.s 
seen to partake of milk from certain 
animals, and to eat honey that was 
found in abundance. 

Clip's first move was to have some 
laws adopted that would further his 
purposes. One day after Igno' had been 
at prayer, God (Clip's wife) came out of 
her hiding place and approached him 
saying: 

^^I am God, the maker of heaven and 
earth and all things. Obey my com- 



God and Prophet 85 

mandments and all things for your 
pleasure and happiness will be freely 
given you, and I will give you a help- 
mate.'' 

This greatly pleased IgnO' and he 
bowed down toi worship God (Clip's 
wife). God straightway departed to 
King Clip when there was much consul- 
tation over her success. 

The next day by arrangement with the 
worshipper, God (Clip's wife) caused all 
the animals and birds to' appear before 
Igno, for the purpose of learning the 
names, or giving names to' all of them. 
When the ceremony was over she asked 
Igno if there was not one among them 
all that he could chose for a wife. Igno 
answered no. God and her prophet then 
held another consultation in secret. 
Finally a certain weed was found that 
would cause a deep sleep. God admin- 
istered this to Igno on the next day, and 



86 Allegory of King Clip 

a deep sleep came over him. When he 
awake there was a slight wound in his 
side, but there stood before him the 
most beautiful daughter of Clip's wife. 
He was much pleased with her. 

After receiving the blessing of Grod 
(Clip's wife) they were assigned a 
beautiful place to> live, and were given 
instructions as to what they were to' do 
and what they were to- eat. Thus the 
first law of God was established through 
the instructions of her prophet; and it 
has been soi ever since. King Clip 's wife 
not only established the first law but 
thoroughly convinced Igno that she was 
Grod, and had the power to give him a 
helpmate or a, wife and a companion. 
Of course this law was bom of a con- 
spiracy and was a counterfeit, in direct 
opposition to the law of the true God. 
In fact it was a libel upon divine law. 
The marriage part of it was in accoid- 



God and Prophet 87 

ance with divine law, but the instruct- 
ions and prohibitions given as to' their 
conduct were in opposition to it. 

As soon as the newly married couple 
were pleasantly situated, they found 
that troubles awaited them, especially 
Igno. Igno's wife knew what was to 
happen, for she was in the conspiracy. 
She was of the Clip race, and of course 
obeyed the prophet's orders as any duti- 
ful daughter might be expected tO' do. 
Now, very much of truth hangs upon 
this marriage. While IgnO' and his 
tribes lived upon fruits, nuts, honey, 
milk, etc.. King Clip's daughter was 
raised on flesh. Thus the twO' possessed 
widely different dispositions and na- 
tures. This fact assured the character 
of their future. 

After a short time the prophet visited 
the home of Igno and his wife in the 
form of a serpent. He told Igno's. wife 



88 Allegory of King Clip 

to eat the very things that God had told 
her not tO' eat. She was longing, natur- 
ally for a flesh diet and she gladly yield- 
ed to the advice-, and was not long in 
persuading her husband toi do likewise. 
Then the prophet communicated to' his 
wife^ — God — what success he had met 
with. What then? Why, God (Clip's 
Yv'ife) visited the couple and reprimand- 
ed them, telling them, tO' leave their 
beautiful home, and informed them that 
they would die because of their diso- 
bedience; but they did not die as God 
said, therefore, the prophet's words 
were proven true while the word of God 
(Clip's wife) was shown tc be false. 

Now, at the time of the expulsion of 
Ignoi and his wife from their home they 
had twO' boys. OHe was called Till and 
the other Hurd. Till worked the soil 
while Hurd occupied himself in raising 
sheep. Now these boys were of differ- 



God and Prophet 89 

ent dispositions, one was like his father 
the other after the nature of his mother. 
What followed? In the coursei of time 
there was a, murder in the' family. How 
did this happen? When the farmer son 
brought his products to' God, she re- 
jected them, because they were not to 
her taste, for she preferred flesh. Now, 
when the herder son came with his fat- 
lings to God (his grandmother) he was 
honored. Jealousy sprung up between 
the two brothers, and the worker of the 
soil killed the sheep herder. He was 
the stronger of the twO' because he work- 
ed, and developed muscular power, while 
the herder did nothing and was weak. 
It is ever the same. When one works to 
obtain what he receives — produces it — 
he is stronger and more selfreliant than 
the idler who lives off the toil of others. 
It will now be seen that King Clip and 
his wife, he as a prophet, and she as God, 



90 Allegory of King Clip 

were firmly established in the land. They 
had proven to Igno's satisfaction that 
they were the founders and upholders of 
the universe; also that the prophet was 
the wiser of the two; yet in all the land 
none knew that they were man and wife, 
and that they were working together in 
a wicked conspiracy to deceive and en- 
slave the people to their own selfish 
ends. 

It is in the same way that all evil does 
succeed. They adopt the name of the 
Lord. This is the cloak for all high 
class hypocrites, knaves, thieves, rob- 
bers and murderers. It is because of 
this cloak that the world is in bondage 
toi King Clip and his wife today. 

Please notice how God cursed Igno 
for what he had done. This is the ex- 
act case with the Clip race today, when 
in the presence of others. Why did God 
do this? Because Igno had become a 



God and Prophet 91 

firm believer in false doctrines. In this 
way Igno and his posterity became will- 
ing slaves. God made Igno' believe that 
he should, for his offense, eat bread by 
the sweat of his brow, bnt if Igno had 
asked the prophet how he wonld eat his 
bread, Clip wonld have answered, 
^^ureat is the mystery of God/' It is 
ever so. 

After Till killed his brother and when 
he had gone to' live in another country. 
King Clip was on hand with a wife for 
him also, so' that the prospect for the in- 
crease of the Clip race was indeed very 
bright. It is noticed that as time passes, 
whatever happens tO' others, King Clip 
is always favored by God. This is nat- 
nral enough since Clip is his own 
prophet, and his God of his own making. 



92 Allegory of King Clip 



CHAPTER III. 

King Clip's Intrigues. 

1 — King Clip prospered grandly. His 
great conspiracy was successful. He 
and his followers managed to escape 
hard work, and to live on the toil of 
others, and to live in gTand style at that. 
His task was easy. He lived by his own 
cunning and the ignorance of those over 
whom he held easy control, because of 
that ignorance. 

One day he discovered an island in a 
faraway place that at certain times was 
flooded with water. It was a beautiful 
place, and through his genius he man- 
aged tO' get those whO' were opposed to 
his rule, and whom he wished, of course 
to destroy, on the island just at the time 
of year that it looked its best. This he 
did through the assistance of his Grod. 



King Clip's Intrigues 93 

It was only necessary to make it ap- 
pear that it was the Lord's wish that 
they should emigrate. 

After all were' on the island Clip pro- 
ceeded to build a ship, saying he was 
ordered by God tO' do so, and about the 
time he knew that the ocean wave would 
deluge the island, he assembled his fam- 
ily into the ship under pretense of going 
to visit a friend. The first thing those 
on the island knew the rain began to 
fall and the tidal wave to rise, and all 
were drowned except Clip and his fam- 
ily. This, of course, according to Clip, 
was of the Lord's doings, for had not 
the people begun to dispute his author- 
ity and tO' doubt his prophecy? This 
deliverance gave him new power, and a 
new start in the life of his rulership. 

It was at that time that the prophet 
proclaimed the word of the Lord say- 
ing, '^Blessed is King Clip, his sons and 



94 Allegory oe King Clip 

his daughters". The reader will ob- 
ser\^e that when Ignc was first discover- 
ed he did not eat meat, bnt lived on 
fruits, nuts and such things; also that 
when the larmer came to Clip 's god with 
his offerings they were rejected, but that 
when the sheep herder offered his lambs 
the Lord was much pleased and blessed 
him. It is seen that God's chosen ones 
were flesh eaters, and that the farmers 
were assigned a. low place on the earth. 
It is the same today. Every kind after 
its kind. Thus might is right, and, as 
ever, a minority rules. 

Clip was very skillful in making his 
laws. His god was made to say, whoso- 
ever sheddeth man's blood, by man shall 
his blood be shed", for in the image of 
God was man created. Why not in the 
image of man, since God's mother was 
a woman? It is observed that killing by 
blood shed was forbidden. Nothing was 



King Clip's Intrigues 95 

said about drowning, for Clip had re- 
cently returned from a drowning scrape 
in his ship. Clip's God only warned 
people against killing man by drawing 
blood. Nothing wa,s said against kill- 
ing him by conspiracy and oppression 
and starvation as is being done today. 

Then all the earth was of one lang- 
uage, generally speaking. So^ is the 
United States practically of one lan- 
guage, but even at that very few are 
able to understand each other. Why? 
Because the teaching is so filled with 
isms, and creeds, and dogmas that it has 
become a blind leader. And soi it was as 
the result of King Clip's effort to build 
a city and a great tower, that its top 
might reach unto the heavens. 

Just about the time he got his new 
city and tower well under way an un- 
known tribe came down upon them and 
scattered them to the four winds of the 



96 Allegory of King Clip 

heavens. All this was the will of the 
Lord, of course, but it was probably 
another trick of the Clip race to subdue 
the masses and keep them in the fear of 
the Lord. The full explanation is hid- 
den. ^'Let not thy right hand know 
what thy left hand doeth.'' ^^He that 
dwelleth in the secret places of the most 
high, abideth in the shadow of the Al- 
mighty," says Prophet Clip. 

The reader will remember that Till 
was the one who^ killed his brother. The 
Lord said unto Till: ^^Get out of this 
country and go to a, place that I will 
show unto thee." When Till and his 
wife arrived in the new country they 
pitched a tent, also^ built an altar and 
called upon the name of God (Clip's 
wife). There he pro'spered for he had 
many herds and men servants and maid 
servants and camels. This place was 
discovered before King Clip instructed 



King Clip^s Intrigues 97 

his wife toi tell Till and his wife to go 
there, for the king knew what kind of 
creatures were there beforehand. Then 
the Lord said nnto Till, ^^Get ont of this 
country and go to ai land that I will shew 
thee." 

King Clip also discovered that there 
was plenty of gold and silver there. 
After a reasonable length of time the 
Lord went that way, and behold, he 
found Till rejoicing because the Lord 
had sent him to such a fine, rich country, 
where therei was plenty of meat to eat 
and so much fine mineral, such as gold 
and silver to play with. 

But their happiness was not to last 
long, for the country was too inviting 
and rich. Through the usual selfishness 
of this foxy king, he saw that this new 
country was inhabited by a different 
race, and that they would soon out-num- 
ber his own; but he would not break his 



98 Allegory of King Clip 

ne-^ covenant, to^wit: ^^He that sheds 
the blood of others, his blood shall be 
shed also'. ' ' Soi the king cansed God to 
raise a dissension between the natives. 
They finally came to an agreement that 
God was to' send the natives^ into another 
part of the country. After they were 
gone the prophet began tO' look aronnd, 
and he fonnd that those who emigrated 
were getting wealthy with many cattle, 
sheep', etc. The lands also were very 
productive. 

King Clip again called upon the Lord 
to make another edict. This time the 
propjiet directed the Clip race to- make 
a raid on the natives; to insult them 
SO' as toi have his opponents draw the 
first blood. Then according to the cove- 
nant the Clip race would be justified in 
slaying their enemies. Thus the Lord 
made the command according to in- 
structions, and they were driven into 



King Clip's Intrigues 99 

pit-falls and killed. Again the Clip fam- 
ily came out victorious. Then God bless- 
ed them. This time they celebrated 
with bread and wine, and King Clip was 
made the priest of the most high God. 
Thus, reader, you may see how King 
Clip's wifei made her husband a priest. 
Thus he was made possessor of heaven 
and earth, and ^^ Blessed be the most 
high God, which hath delivered thine 
enemies into thy hands. ' ' 

That night King Clip retired early, 
being possessor of both heaven and 
earth. He had indulged so freely in 
drink and eatables that he naturally 
became exhausted. That night in a vis- 
ion, the Lord appeared unto him say- 
ing, ^^Pear not Clip, I am thy shield." 
Then the Lord got the king ont of bed 
and took him to the door and said: 
'^Lo'Ok toward the heavens; tell the stars 
if you can number them.'' Then God 



-Of V. 



100 Allegory of Kin^g Clip 

(Clip's wife) said unto him, ^^Soi shall 
thy seed be; taket these creatures you 
forced from the natives, which are 
goats, sheep, heifers, doves and pig- 
eons''. 

King Clip was told to go, with the 
promise that he should be the father of 
many nations; also that he should estab- 
lish many kings under him, that he 
might be God unto them. '^ And ye shall 
circumsize the flesh of your fore-skin 
that your children and mine shall be 
known from all others, for in the past 
many of our own have been slain. This 
mark in the future will serve to protect 
them; also any stranger that is bought 
with our money must be circumsized. " 
Also, further states the Lord, ^^ Those 
that are not circumsized shall be cut off 
from among us." 

Here, reader, note that, as civilization 
advanced. King Clip began to draw the 



King Clip's Intrigues 101 

lines closer and tighter. His past gen- 
eralship had proven successful, and this 
warranted him in doing so<. He saw that 
it was impossible to continue on the old 
line of warfare, for the children of nar 
ture grew too spontaneous. If the old 
course were continued he would surely 
be out-numbered in time of war. Thus 
he must now prepare a new way to gov- 
ern the nations. Money and creeds must 
now be established. These were the two 
weapons decided upon by King Clip and 
his wife. 

(jold, or money, was to be the god or 
the main ruling power. The creeds, or 
the unknown, were toi assist. All these 
things were to be taught, in the future, 
to the children of nature. After all these 
plans were formulated, the detective, 
while being a silent listener, in an un- 
known place, saw King Clip fall down 
on his face and laugh. He said in his 



102 Allegory of King Clip 

heart, ^^We will rale or ruin". When 
lie arose he remarked tO' his wife, ^^We 
will name' onr children differently from 
all others with a private mark on them, 
and a sacred name. We are sure toi come 
ont victorious in the future as well as 
in the past." 

Some of the names were toi be Isaac, 
Ishmael, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and 
many others that the detective could not 
understand; for the longer that King 
Clip and his wife conversed the more 
secret became their speech. 



King Clip's Levers 103 

CHAPTEKIV. 

Clip 's Gold and Creed Levers. 

1— In these days King Clip was forc- 
ed to do' mnch planning, and to devote 
much time in consulting with his God, in 
order that his intrigues might be the 
more successful. His happy thought of 
adding the money God, to his other God 
forces, was tO' prove a great achievement 
in the science of government, and con- 
trolling the masses. 

The next time we meet King Clip he is 
called upon by a detective and two 
others. They were handsomely enter- 
tained, for they werei fed with bread, 
fresh cakes and butter milk, also a ten- 
der calf was killed, dressed and brought 
tO' the strangers and they did eat. After 
they had eaten, the detective remarked 
to himself, ^'King Gip is bound to be a 



104 Allegory of King Clip 

mighty ruler in all landsi and nations, for 
he has taken thei right conrse. There is 
only one thing that in the end will de^ 
stroy his power and that is over-anxiety 
for gain, while for many generations he 
will rule with an iron hand or a. tyrant's 
will, yet he and his race will in some 
future day lose sight of good judgment 
and come to a ruinous end. ' ' 

During the private conversation King 
Clip was heard to' say, ^^We cannot pos- 
sibly rule all nations unless we can suc- 
ceed in keeping them divided in many 
different ways, for there is sure to be 
an opposition. Thus the first step to be 
taken is to form different beliefs, as well 
as different secret^ financial societies.^' 

Political creeds were also essential. 
All these things, said King Clip, must be 
taught to the! parents whilei they are yet 
ignorant, and the children also as soooa 
as they are born; for like begets like. 



King Clip's Levers 105 

With ignorance' surrounding the parents 
before the birth of the child^ the child is 
sure to be a willing slave to our teach- 
ings. 

All this, added King Clip, will enable 
the Clip race to predominate for all time 
to come, although we will not be truly 
understood with the masses we will rule 
in an indirect way. This, the detective 
says, explains where the text reads, 
^^Leit not they right hand know what 
thy left hand doeth," and '^He that 
dwelleth in the secret places of the moist 
high, abideth in the shadow of the Al- 
mighty '' (dollar). 

From that time on King Clip and wife 
continued forming different organizar 
tions. But mind, reader, the greatest 
secret of the success of this powerful 
race, (not muscular strength) was a 
wedge. This lever of power consisted 
in knowing every ones business. This 



106 Allegory of King Clip 

knowledge was obtained by joining all 
secret organizations, then forming one 
of tkeir own, which none could join out- 
side of their own brand or mark. Thus 
they abide under the shadow of the al- 
mighty $. 

This is the secret the writer gives to 
the public in general, not for the purpose 
of creating a dissension, but as a public 
benefactor, that all may be more united. 
.If there was a scarcity of provisions on 
earth, the writer never would have given 
this book to the world, but as nature, 
or God (as one may determine) is so 
good, true, just, kind and righteous as 
to give the children of earth from his 
bountiful hand an abundance for each 
and every living thing, it is not doing 
justice to my fellow man to keep the 
things secret which they should know 
for their own future happiness and wel- 
fare. 



King Clip's Levers 107 

As the result of knowledge and the 
dissipation of ignorance in the world 
we shall all get out of the old rut that 
has so long imprisoned the children of 
nature. The jails, almshouses and the 
houses of infamy and crime will be 
turned into palaces; the iron doors, win- 
dows and sha,ckles, all may be removed 
and put into usefulness by the way of 
culture, or laid down for the steam car 
to travel on. Thus the serfs, slaves and 
martyrs will all be lords, princes, dukes 
as well as millionaires and joint heirs 
to the great father above who leads, di- 
rects and moves all things for the good 
of his children. 

The Clips laugh with the masses and 
mourn with the mourners of all races 
and classes of the children of men. Hence 
they are blood suckers or leeches. These 
traits and their extreme cunning enables 
them to act as hawks on the limb, or a 



108 Allegoey of King Clip 

fox in its. hiding, in wait for its proy. 
Tlherei is no nse complaining abont this 
dip family. They will infest the earth 
and persecute its inhabitants as long as 
ignorance rules the children of men. It 
will be difficult to rid the world of them 
for we have allowed them to^ become our 
teachers and dictators. We seldom in- 
ter-marry with them. As a rule they are 
hated by all christian denominations, 
for through all ages they ha.ve been 
known to be in direct opposition to all 
other churches. 

The Clip race has but one God, and 
that is the golden God, the old serpent 
dollar mark. The almighty dollar is all 
in all to them. As for oath or honor, 
they have no respect for such, yet thous- 
ands and millions honor them. Why? 
Because of their money bags. 

We see then that while the great bulk 
of the race is taught and practices the 



Ki:n'g Clip^s Levers 109 

doctrine that ^'by the sweat of thy brow 
thou shalt eat", a smaller but more po*- 
tential class are studying how to< handle 
the creed and the money levers so as to 
get rich without sweating at all. 

A new system or a new channel must 
be created before prosperity can run. 
No time need be lost in talking over 
what is right and what is wrong. It is 
ourselves that are to^ blame. A serpent 
is a hidious thing to look upon, yet the 
serpent is not to be blamed if chosen by 
the human race as its leader. If you 
would destroy the serpent — the Clip 
family, take from it the food it lives 
upon. That means emancipation for the 
masses for therein is its sustenance. 

We are horrified to' look on while a 
wolf devours an innocent lamb. King 
Clip knows this, and works from his 
hiding place, using his hidden lever in 
the form of creed or money power. 



110 Allegory of King Clip 

Is it not true that while Mr. Clip and 
his family are sleeping in their silken 
hammocks, under silken canopies, with 
all the luxuries of life about them, they 
cannot place their hands on one thing of 
their own production. All has been made 
or accumulated by those in close sweat 
shops for a mere existence. Still this 
Mr. Clip is always in sympathy with the 
poor laborer. The workers often flock 
to him just as bees gather around sweet 
meats. The Mr. Clips of today are do- 
ing this same thing and are thriving like 
June roses. Why? Because Mr. Clip 
knows how tc use the wedge, or how to 
use the lever, by feeding them with their 
own bread in small crumbs, while Mr. 
Clip takes the loavesi and sweet-meats 
home to his own precious family. 

Do' the workers know this? No. And 
if they were told it would not matter to 
them, for they would not believe it. They 



King Clip's Levers 111 

would say that Mr. Clip was the best 
friend they ever had, ^^When I was huii- 
gry, he gave me meat; when I was cold 
he gavei me raiment; when I was thirsty, 
he gave me drink. ' ' But the poor work- 
ers do' not know that all these things 
given them were the products, of their 
own toil, engineered by the skillful Mr. 
Clip. 

The process of today reminds the 
writer of an anxious dog wagging his 
tail to carry his master's meat home; 
when he gets there he is given the bone 
to chew on, which encourages the dog 
toi do so again, yet the poor creature 
does not know that his teeth are being 
destroyed. Then in the near future he 
will be led out and shot by a merciless 
hireling. They say that the days of his 
usefulness are gone. This will be the 
case with the laborers. Mr. Clip will 
not shoot them, but he will do much 



112 Allegoby of King Clip 

worse. He will throw out to' tkem a dry 
bone with no meat on it. This bone of 
contention will be in the form of patriot- 
ism, or a dispute over some far off 
boundary line, or that Mr. Clip wishes 
toi get possession of some territory to 
feed his laborers npon, just as though 
the other nations had no use for it. 

Mind you, Mr. Clip does not go 
through this kind of performance under 
his own name, but under the name of 
^^Lo've of Country", which when rightly 
interpreted is ^'Love of Gold or the 
Golden God." 



The Enemy Identified 113 



CHAPTER V. 

Tlie Enemy Identified. 

1 — ^King Clip never fails to be repre- 
sented in all the departments of govern- 
ment. He is peculiarly cnnning in se- 
lecting judges for courts of justice. He 
always secures the right timber, such as 
he can twist or bend to his liking in time 
of need. These chosen ones are in- 
structed to give vulgar criminals the full 
benefit of the law, as such are considered 
very dangerous to* humanity — especially 
to King Clip and his family; while big 
absconders and embezzlers are to be 
winked at as not of so dangerous a class, 
for these only keep money in circulation, 
or carry it toi other parts of the world 
for missionary objects. 

King Clip is ever providing against 
the possibility of any one taking the law 



114 Allegory or King Clip 

in his owB hands^ for the vulgar ones 
are liable to' use a club or gun for the 
purpose of enforcing a just demand, 
and, not being able toi go through the 
formula of hiring an educated lawyer to 
make their collections and not ha,ving 
the patience or means to wait, they are 
obliged in many instances to emulate 
the example of governments and force 
collections. Clip is always afraid that 
some day he will fall a prey tO' this very 
vulgar practice. 

This is why Clip instructs his judges 
to give the vulgar the full extent of the 
law. By this route the judge soon passes 
up from a plain suit of clothes, at first, 
to pui^ple and fine linen, and all the 
luxuries of Clip life. It is soon given 
out that the judge has been successful 
in some foreign speculation or invest- 
ment that cannot be conveniently inves- 



The Enemy Identified 115 

tigated, and this of course, must account 
for his opulence. 

It would require many volumes the 
size of this to enumerate the many ways 
in which King Clip oppresses the people 
by his cunning schemes. History is full 
of them, and unwritten history is a 
world of Clip life. 

King Clip is an animal in human form. 
The reason he; ha,s his way is because 
the majority ignorantly consent to his 
criminal rule. This is not strange for 
the masses have been educated by Clip 
for all ages. They have been taught 
that they must be servants, and that 
servants must obey their masters. The 
whole world has been taught that Christ 
suffered and died for humanity and that 
it is God-like to' continue to suffer in 
the name of our redeemer. Mr. Clip does 
not believe in Christ. This is why the 



116 Allegory of Kin^g Clip 

people do' not know that it is he who 
governs the whole universe. 

Here is where the hawk is. being con- 
demned for stealing chickens, when in 
fact the fox and the wedge were the 
real thieves. 

Do you ask how the masses are to 
escape the bondage of King Clip? If so 
the answer is not far to seek. The tree 
of knowledge must no longer form a part 
of the sign of the almighty dollar mark. 
The coil of the serpent must be torn from 
its trunk, and men and women every- 
where must seek and partake of the pure 
fruit of that tree. They must no longer 
worship the God of Gold; no longer ply 
blind faith in obedience to man made 
creeds; no* longer bow down tO' tradition, 
to ignorance, to the golden image which 
civilization, ancient and modem, has. set 
up. 

Every man and woman must know 



The Enemy Identified 117 

whereof he or she believeSj and believe 
only what he or she knows to be true. 
Knowledge — truth — is the only way of 
salvation. There is deliverance in noth- 
ing else. No one in heaven or on earth 
can do yonr work, yonr thinking, be yon 
rich or poor. The only way for the 
emancipation of the masses is by the 
ronte of individual liberty. We must 
have individual freedom in order to have 
race freedom; we must have self train- 
ing in order to have collective know- 
ledge; there must be individual know- 
ledge as a. foundation to the self reliance 
of mankind. 

Belief in and obedience to creeds will 
never help the masses; on the contrary 
it will further enslave them. Bowing 
the head to money and the knee to the 
God of Gold will bring additional suf- 
fering to the lot of the already money- 
crushed populace. In short, money and 



118 Allegory of King Clip 

church creedsi arei the twd monster evil 
forces of the world; these have done 
more tO' enslave and toi destroy mankind 
than all other aigencies on the earth. As 
long as these twin monarchs rule there 
will be noi happiness on the earth, worth 
the name, for either rich or poor, and 
while the rich will lord it over the suf- 
fering masses, they themselves will also 
be unhappy, for it is written, ^^You can- 
not make clouds for others and yourself 
live in the sunshine. ' ' 

In order to^ destroy an enemy it is 
necessary to know who he is, and to 
locate him. The enemy of the human 
race, the slaveowner of the world is 
that hideous, double-headed monster, 
Money-Creed. This dual destroyer sits 
upon the throne of humanity. It is 
robed in the bloodstained vestments of 
church and state. The real Grod of this 
king and this church is the Almighty 



The Enemy Identified 119 

Dollar, and by its power the life blood 
is draiwn from human viens. Then 
wherein is the virtne of your boasted 
loyalty to the institutions of our blight- 
ing civilization? Such loyalty but turns 
the grindstone that sharpens the blade 
that slays the turner. It is self destruc^ 
tion, and the preacher of loyalty to' the 
creeds of this and all other ages, which 
is the true destroying angel. He is your 
real enemy. He it is who' supports the 
throne of King Grold. When he is de- 
stroyed the masses will have liberty; not 
before. 



BOOK IIL 

God and the Devil 



CHAPTER I. 

Ignorance in Allegory. 

For years, yea for ages, the so called 
divines have undertaken to teach all 
nations how to- ohey God and to gO' to 
him for protection, and how to avoid 
the devil.^ But in all those years none 
have defined or explained who or what 
God is, or what the devil is composed of 
or from whence he came. 

Had the so-called teachers sufficient 
knowledge as to the origin of God and 
the Devil, the people of the world at 
the present age would not be groping 
in darkness. As it now stands the multi- 



Ignoeance in Allegory 121 

tudes are as much at sea regarding div- 
inity as they were at the beginning of 
the religioms or Christian era; and why? 
It is because the people in general have 
been taught to believe and to- worship 
the animal, carnal and selfish impulses 
or animal desires. Alsoi to* tolerate or 
to gratify thei passions of man to a sel- 
fish end for the purpose of enthroning or 
building up selfish crowned heads to 
dictate to the many toi live in servitude, 
while the self -chosen few may enjoy a 
riotuous living upon the ruins or efforts 
of their fellow men. This tradition has 
been so long in practice that it has be- 
come a fixed law and in consequence 
thereof, none have ever thought, or per- 
haps have had the moral courage to in- 
quire into the why and wherefore of 
such a sacred rule established by the so 
called wise teachers. 

The masses in all lands have been 



122 God and the Devil 

ta,ught to goi thusi far and noi farther, 
under Ihe penalty of eternal damnation, 
in the hereafter, which is of much 
greater importance to- the carnal, selfish 
man, knowing that life is of but short 
duration here on earth at the longest, 
while in the spiritual world, life is eter- 
nal and everlasting joy, peace and har- 
mony, under such teaching and belief. 
It is not strange at all, to the writer, 
that the multitudes have consented to 
live in bondage, and in servitude for a 
short duration of time, for the sake of 
an everlasting bliss beyond. Who 
would not endure torture for a few short 
years to' be assured of tranquility and 
to dwell in paradise for ever and ever 
in a world without end where all will be 
on an equal footing, and each will en- 
joy perfect freedom and exquisite hap- 
piness, that has no ending. With such 
belief in their weak minds it is not at 



Ignorance in Allegory 123 

all strangei that all, or nearly so, have 
not dared to inqnire or search beyond 
what they were taught. 

The penalty for disobediance is too 
great for the most conrageous. Fac- 
ing death at the cannon's mouth, or to* 
explore the arctic region or the torrid 
zone is nothing compared to the break- 
ing of the commandments laid down by 
our spiritual advisers. None of the 
teachers in the various walks of life of 
all sects and creedsi, whether they be 
political, religiousi or commercial, have 
the moral courage to question the al- 
leged truth when presented. It is taken 
according to the conditions and circum- 
stances. The people always try to be- 
lieve that which will better their condi- 
tion at present or in some future time. 

Again all lecturers or divine expound- 
ers always dwell on subjects that are 
pleasing to the weakness of human 



124 God and the Devil 

nature, and in consequence, the masses 
are led intO' traps the same as other 
animals are caught by expert trappers. 
The advocates of Grod and God's laws, 
and the opponentsi of the devil and his 
ways draw twoi distinct pictures. The 
former is drawn with all of the beauties 
that an imaginary brain can possibly 
conceive. T'c the devil their compli- 
ments are such that the most horrible 
picture known to man is vividly de- 
scribed. 

Those twO' pictures alone are suffi- 
cient to plainly foretell which side of 
the question the majority will agree 
with. On general principles the human 
race would much rather live by a pure, 
running brook where the speckled trout 
abound, then to dwell by stagnant pools 
filled with frogs, flees, bugs, alligators, 
snakes and scorpions. Who would not 
choose the former? Again the cat holds 



Ignorance in Allegory 125 

out the same inducements tO' an innocent 
bird. Words are one thing and deeds 
another. The writer would ask the in- 
telligent what are the conditions of so- 
ciety in the present age? Have you not 
seen and heard the same thing spoken 
in all generations down toi the present 
time? With all of these wise sayings 
under the most powerful moral teach- 
ings, what is the goal reached? Are the 
people any more content or satisfied 
than in the daysi of old? If not, why 
not ? It is because the multitudes have 
failed to understand who God is or what 
the Devil is. 

In order to- understand what God is, 
and to know where to^ locate the Devil, 
man must be familiar with the laws of 
nature, and the disposition of all animal 
nature, together with the electrical 
forces of the inhabited world; in other 
words, he must understand the differ- 



126 God and the Devil 

ence between nature and natural. 
Nature is a most liberal and bountiful 
giver to all animated life, while natural 
is a natural taker. Hence, nature is 
ever giving and natural is ever consum- 
ing. Again, nature is non-assuming 
and natural is all assuming. 

If rightly interpreted, nature is all 
intelligence and is filled with wisdom, 
while natural is to the reverse. Hence, 
nature is the one all powerful God of 
the universe, while natural is ignorant, 
and is termed the devil. And why? 
Because ignorance is always in trouble. 
T'o' be in such a state is termed Hell or 
the Devil's home; while Grod's home is 
a house of plenty; consequently it is 
termed paradise or heaven. But when 
the time comes when nature and natural 
will understand each other correctly, the 
devil will disappear from off the earth, 
for the simple reason that the devil can- 



Ignorance in Allegory 127 

noit live where intelligence reigns su- 
preme, nof more than a pool of stagnant 
water can remain filthy after a good 
drainage has passed through it. 

It is in stagnant places where all 
poisonous reptiles abide and never in 
pure running streams or brooks. This 
may be applied to all animal bodies as 
well as tO' the intellect of all thinking 
animals. It is the healthy condition of 
the brain that determines the destiny of 
human society. To be more explicit, 
God, strictly speaking, signifies power, 
and the devil signifies weakness, that 
is, he has nO' permanency, while God re- 
mains stationary, and can always be re^ 
lied upon. On general principles God's 
storehouse has always a supply in store 
for his offspring, while the devil being 
in ignorance, is oft times left in want 
and desolation for the reason that he 
does not know how to apply, intelligent- 



128 God and the Devil 

ly, the instmctioiis of the laws given 
him by nature. Why? Because the 
devil has followed the natural law re- 
gardless of results, while if he had had 
the knowledge of nature instead, the 
wolf would never have been prowling 
about his doorway, either physically, 
mentally or morally; neither would he 
have had a home called hell, because 
hell signifies torturei, or, in a state of 
torment, while heaven means the re- 
verse. 

The hereafter is of much greater im- 
portance to the multitudes than the pres- 
ent. The great expounders and would- 
be^dictators and rulers have taken ad- 
vantage of this human weakness and 
have usurped their power and authority 
accordingly, regardless as to what might 
follow. In governing or dictating to 
followers they have followed the natural, 
selfish and animal passions instead of 



Ignorance in Allegory 129 

the Laws of Nature (or God). For this 
reason, many live in want, poverty and 
degradation, while the storehouse of 
God is filled to overflowing. Hence the 
natural law, not being acquainted with 
nature's law has misaippropriated and 
as well misinterpreted (through ignor- 
ance) the laws of nature. By thus do- 
ing it has brought into the world all of 
the afflictions that animal nature is 
heir to. 

The conditions of man are the result of 
the natural laws of man enforced 
through ignorance or the devil. Dis- 
eases and pestilence are the results of 
the enforcements of the natural selfish, 
greedy disposition of mankind. It is 
true that many afflictions have their 
origin through toleration of animal pas- 
sions, outside of the laws of man, or 
over which the laws of man have no 
jurisdiction. It is significant that Ian- 



130 God and the Devil 

guage is used by man to disguise his 
thoughts. This is the case with many 
popular people who' remain in authority 
at the seat of government. It is claimed 
by the great influential ones that lan- 
guage was given man to express his 
thoughts. In reality both are true. The 
language used will be in accordance 
with the circumstances and the condit- 
ions of the speaker. 

The contrast may be vividly explained 
by noting the actions of a camiverous 
cat while trying to charm a bird, or a 
lover while trying tO' please his be- 
loved. The one is using his influence 
to get something to eat or to) appease 
its appetite; the other is searching for a 
helpmate or a companion through life. 
In this case each are using their influ- 
ence according to conditions. The same 
may be truthfully said of all other trans- 
actions. The goal sought for is self pr^ 



Ignoeajstce in Allegory 131 

servation. This is according to- the 
natural law of all animal nature. 

In seeking a plan by which an indi- 
vidual may sustain himself permanent- 
ly without inflicting wounds or dis- 
pleasure on his fellow man, he must be 
made to- understand that it is not neces- 
sary to cause any discomfort to any 
individual for self preservation^ for in 
Gods domain there is bread enough and 
to spare and all that is necessary is to 
formulate a system taken from nature, 
which is of reason. Then all calamities 
will be avoided and there will be no 
devil to contend with, for ignorance will 
disappear. Again in order to establish 
wisdom the brain must not be tampered 
with. False doctrins and dogmas are as 
injurious to the mind as is cocaine in- 
jected into the system. Hence to avoid 
injurious results, poisonous methods 
must be avoided. 



132 God and the Devil 

For many centuries the prople have 
been promised a better system of gov- 
ernment if they would accept certain 
rules and adopt certain principles, just 
the same as quack doctors have often 
times promised sick patients, month 
after month, a cure, but failed tO' give 
any benefit. The devil can never be 
gotten rid of under such management. 
Something more substantial must be ap- 
plied. Eeason will remove all cause as 
to< why the many millions mourn. The 
people, as a mass, are seeking new light 
and are willing td doi anything to- better 
their condition and will as soon as a 
favorablci opportunity presents itself. 
Here lies the stumbling block. How 
shall we formulate a plan by which the 
people may be made to^ understand how 
to avoid the devil and to seek Grod in a 
right and acceptable manner. This can 
be done only through a system of educa- 



Ignorance in Allegory 133 

tion that will hasten new light. Those 
in authority at the seat of govemnient 
must become interested. Toi dO' this the 
license system must cease as well as 
the system of taxation. Those two sys- 
tems have proved a. failure for the mass- 
es. They have caused a great gulf or 
breach in the human family, and built 
palaces upon the ruins of the producers, 
which are the works of the devil or ig- 
norance. 

There is no system, known to' the 
writer, that has caused a greater curse 
and has brought so' much poverty as the 
license system and the' system of taxa- 
tion. Any person of any ordinary in- 
telligence well knows the two^ systems 
mentioned are the direct cause of crime. 
Again, unearned riches are the parent of 
licentiousness and toleration of unlim- 
ited selfishness. The two extremes, 
riches and poverty, are the main curses 



134 God and the Devil 

of all nations. The difference is very 
slight eixcept the one dies of gluttonness 
and the other of privation. The two 
germs are breeders of diseases toO' nu- 
merous to mention. 

Take notes in any commnnity where 
there are extreme riches and extreme 
poverty and yon will always see a per- 
petual warfare going on between the 
inhabitants. There are big devils and 
little devils, and no God there except 
a devil God. The inhuman dictator and 
the others are composed of poor trash 
or poor devils that have no home nor 
heaven. There have been and are at the 
present time millions of dollars being 
expended in an effort to keep people 
from going to^ the devil. 

The' present system is not adequate 
to the occasion for the reason that it 
does not feed the starving millions. Any 
system that impoverishes the many and 



Ignorance in Allegory 135 

protects the very few is liable at any 
moment toi come to- a sudden collapse. 
It is like untO' a smouldering volcano 
which sooner or later will break out in 
all its fury, without a moment's notice^ 
for such are the natural laws of all ani- 
mated life. Be it remembered that the 
strands of life will bear just so much 
strain and when drawn too tight they 
will surely break in twain. In that way 
the many millions of dollars and hard 
years labor expended have come to 
naught in a few short moments. These 
are the conditions now in ecKistence and 
any person familiar with the natural 
laws must know that it is a, dangerous 
volcano' the people in general are now 
standing upon. 

If the present system, or the deviPs 
continues, the rich man and his associ- 
ates will be in perpetual danger. The op- 
pressed will just so surely destroy the 



136 God and the Devil 

wealthy class as day follows night. This 
may be averted by bnt one way, and 
that is by making ample provision for 
the non-employed. We must find work 
for them at reasonable wages. If not, 
those in authority must take the conse- 
quences. Remember self, when too hot- 
ly pursued is a dangerous animal, when 
once cornered. Such has no ears for 
moral suasion. Eemember hunger is a 
ravenous brute that knows no mercy. 
The special few whO' claim the earth 
to be made for their special benefit are 
in error. As honest old Abe once said, 
^^You may fool the people part of the 
time but not all the time," hence the 
more the rich combine against the many, 
the greater the calamity will be when it 
comes. All else will compare propor- 
tionately the same when not in the in- 
terest of all the people. Prayer without 



Ignorance iisr Allegory 137 

deeds availeth nothing neither tO' Grod 
nor the devil. 

In conclusion the writer wonld say, 
self preservation is the main object in 
view at all times and in all places. It 
is the fear of the futnre that brings 
calamities, and when the people come 
toi know that it is not essential to' pnll 
down their fellow men to' makei this 
world a paradise, the devil will disap- 
pear and Grod will reign supreme. Why 
reform does not progress more rapidly 
is because thei would be reformers spend 
toi much timei in speaking of personal 
faults. This is not desirable by the 
majority of individuals. The people as 
a rule do not wish to have their faults 
exposed, but really enjoy hearing of 
their good traits of character. Hence 
deeds performed have their moral ef- 
fect of more permanency than words 
that do not act. 



138 God and the Devil 

The people at large are much confused 
OiveGC these words, ^^immortality" and 
the ^^supernatural." The first merely 
consists of dead man's deeds .or dead 
people's words, clothed with those of 
the living generations, which are passed 
down through the sandsi of time, from 
one generation tO' another. Hence they 
are eternal and everlasting, that is, as 
long as mankind continues toi inhabit 
the earth. The second are electric forces 
passed between individuals or races as 
wireless telegraphic communication. 
Hence the two' words are as follows: 
The immortal takes its key from mortals 
while living. After death it passes on 
to' the yet living and so' on through all 
ages. Hence it is termed immortal; 
while the supernatural, the unknown, or 
the spiritual is a continuance of electric 
forces in motion. Some call it instinct, 
consciousness, or the word of God, or 



Ignorance in Allegory 139 

the Holy Spirit speaking to^ them. The 
above IkS according to^ the laws of nature, 
as the author understands it tO' be. 
Hence, a real intelligent mediumistic per- 
son can and may communicate as accur- 
ately from one person to> another as any 
telegraphic communication may be 
transferred from office toi office in any 
part of thei globe. Hence the definition 
of God signifies power and the devil 
weakness or ignorance. Nature is God, 
and natural is the devil. 



140 God and the Devil 



CHAPTER II. 

Errors of Humanity. 

The errors of the human race resolve 
themselves, after all, not as much to 
falsehood and deceit as to ignorance. 
Much evil arises from ai misunderstand- 
ing of the definition of words. People 
misinterpret the laws of nature, and are 
poissessed of only partial knowledge as 
to what belongs to man as man. The 
difficulty lies in the position the indi- 
vidual holds. 

Self preservation isi always^ and ever 
foremost in all living things. The er- 
rors of life are due to ancient traditions 
and teachings. The mind of man is so 
steeped in bondage of orthodoxy that 
it is hard for hira to cut away from 
those early traditional trainings. Since 
the truth does not lie on the surface it 



Errors of Humanity 141 

is hard toi find, while deception is like 
weeds always plentiful and easy toi find. 
The latter is taken for granted, thus the 
sitnation of man is as we now see it to 
be. 

Man has proclaimed through all ages 
that the race was earnestly and honestly 
trying to' seek the truth but man has 
died without finding it. Again the 
truth is so rarely spoken that when it is 
uttered the people in general go into 
convulsions, and are so dazed at hear- 
ing such things that the person who has 
the courage tO' speak it is in real danger 
of his life. Ancient and modem history 
will confirm this. In self preservation^ 
combined with ignorance, education 
without enlightenment, theology without 
proof and law without justice, and infal- 
libility sanctioned by those in authority 
lies the secret of the error of the human 
family. 



142 God and the Devil 

For further enlightenineiit on the sub- 
ject of errors the writer will call the 
readers attention tO' the many societies 
both secret and sacred. 1st, come the 
churches. Jewish, Roman Catholic, 
Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist, 
Baptist, Reformed, Congregational, So- 
ciety of Friends, United Prebyterian, 
Unitirian, Universalist, New Jerusalem, 
Church of Jesus Christ or Mormon, So^ 
ciety of Shakers, Advent, Modem Spir- 
itualism and the Salvation Army etc. 
2nd, by the different secret organiza- 
tions which are numerous. The writer 
will only mention a few of them. Maca- 
bees. Masons, Odd Fellows, Rebeccas, 
etc. Again there are many labor organ- 
izations. Then there are a few trusts 
and combines which a very few persons 
are competent to* join. 

There is another secret order known 
as the King Clip Organization, to which 



Errors of Humanity 143 

only the special choseii ones are made 
eligible. Their pass word is, ^^He that 
dwelleth in the secret place of thei most 
High abideth under the shadow of the 
Almighty Dollar." This secret society 
never borrows money, bnt is exceedingly 
charitable. Its members believe in loan- 
ing money tc their neighbors who- are 
faithful, industrious and honest. They 
are alsO' anxious to loan tc any foreign 
country or nation who' is or may be in 
distress, providing the country seeking 
a loan is a productive one. Their secret 
mottoi is, ^^ Never borrow, for it brings 
servitude and sorrow." Is it any 
wonder under such conditions that the 
multitudes are so- confused, confounded 
and lost in the wilderness of woe? Do 
not such things plainly show that the 
masses are in a flood of ignorance? The 
ark of safety is plenty large in which all 
may take shelter, but the people have not 



144 God and the Devil 

sufficient wisdom tO' get in out of the 
wet. 

Another tower is now being bnilt but 
it is imposible to finish it because the 
builders^ speech is soi confounded and 
confused they cannot understand one 
another, and are obliged to quit work. 
The people are dying with thirst, with 
plenty of drink at the fountain, but as 
they cannot find Aaron nor his rod to 
smite the rock of knowledge, they 
continue to die of thirst. Daniel (truth) 
is still confined in the Lion's den be- 
cause ignorance still predominates. 
Truth is confined and bound in chains 
of superstition and bigotry. 

The inquiring mind continues to ask 
this question: ^^Why thus?" Have 
not you seen a stone lifted up in a bright 
summer day. What did you see? Many 
bugs beneath it. Just as soon as the 
light of day broke in on them what did 



Errors of Humanity 145 

they do (the bugs). Did they not go into 
darkness or further into the dark earth? 
Why? Light frightened them. They 
were bom in darkness. Can you make a 
fish content on dry land? No, of course 
not, but says a faint voice, man is not 
a bug nor a, fish. Man is the highest 
art of naturei. He possesses, a soul, he 
has reason, he is endowed with wisdom 
and knowledge. Those inferior creat- 
ures are not. Very well, if such be true 
why this mighty gulf between man and 
man? 

Does not the harvest show for itself 
what has been sown? Do not the con- 
ditions of man show sufficiently plain 
that man is not endowed with rational- 
ity. Let us see, with all of the institu- 
tions mentioned, both sacred and secret, 
what has been done for man? What en- 
lightenment has ever come to man? 
What has been the benefit received? Of 



146 God and the Devil 

course those surrounded with luxury 
may say that many wonderful things 
have come to him, but the writer refers 
toi the multitudes. What percentage 
own their own homes? Who build 
homes? What class of individuals pos- 
sess the necessities of life? Is it the 
laborer, is it the industrious who labor 
long and hard? Let us meditate for a 
few moments and give our thoughts a 
chance: to expand and to perceive ration- 
ally and reasonably. What are the facts 
resulting from the many institutions 
mentioned? In the first place the his- 
tory of the country in all lands shows 
that those (so called) infallible sacred 
institutions are without a particle of 
foundation in truth, and the authority 
claimed by them is too absurd to be be- 
lieved by any sane, human being. 

When the people come tO' their senses 
those bogus institutions will find their 



Errors of Humanity 147 

popularity slipping from them. Their 
days of heroism will come to a sndden 
check. Their immense popularity will 
sink intoi oblivion. As taught in their 
creed, the people were made to believe 
and to) expect many fortunate things, 
but in the time of need instead of good, 
as they said would some, they were de- 
serted and left to- shift for themselves. 
Now for a few facts. What have the 
infallibles done for man in general, re- 
gardless of his station in life. They 
have placed locks and padlocks and 
burglar alarms on his doors, both on the 
humble cottage and on the palace. They 
have established maai hunters and man 
eaters at home and abroad. They have 
surrounded Kling Clip with a hoard of 
private detectives. They have endan- 
gered his life on the public thoroughfare 
and in his place of business . His child- 
ren are continually in fear of being kid- 



148 God and the Devil 

napped. In fact his life is one perpetual 
burden. They have placed the pelt of a 
^^bell wether" over the form of a real 
wolf. They have led the shepherd's flock 
to' the river to be washed whiter than 
snow. They have led the innocent and 
inoffensive to^ the fleecing table to be 
shorn of their industry. They have led 
the innocent and upright to the slaught- 
eringpen to die. They have spared and 
protected the guilty. They havei torn 
the innocent child from its mother's 
breast and sent its little tottering feet 
on the cold, cold pavement tO' beg for a 
morsel of bread. They have made mur- 
derers and seducers of his sons. They 
have prostituted his innocent and inof- 
fensive daughters. They have divorced 
husband and wife. They have caused 
war between father and son. They 
have caused rivers of blood to flow. 
They have erected great fortunes but 



Errors of Humanity 149 

have not bnilt great men. They have 
written invisible inscriptions: on the 
tombs of the dead: ^^Died of competi- 
tion." They have made long faced, 
tearstained brows of nndertakers, with 
crocodile tears flowing down their 
cheeks. 

The jailor too is still searching for 
dog meat to feed hisi honored guest be- 
hind the iron barsi. They have also 
placed dignified judges, on the bench to 
listen to the angel-like college bred at- 
torney pleading for or against the un- 
fortunate lawbreaker who' was forced to 
commit what man's laws call a 
crime, in order to sustain the life that 
the creator gave him. Yes the alms giver 
is still anxiously in waiting to have his 
face printed in the public newspaper as 
a good friend of the poor. The golden 
monument is still staring at the people 
with the boldness of a forest lion. In- 



150 ^ God and the Devil 

telligence is under foot wkile ignorance 
reigns supremely, covered with the ban- 
ner of the cross of Kling Clip. King 
Clip is a writer. Yes, he writes for pub- 
lication many books and magazines. 
His special favorite is religious writing 
or sacred books. The things sacred have 
the most desired effect on this great 
King's likings. It is for this reason his 
favorite book is the misinterpreted 
bible, but in writing out his cunningness 
he displays his keen appetite for greed 
and his ignorance. 

These infallibles^ — these teachers of 
truth (?) when cornered or when in se^ 
cret admit that : ' ' There are two Gods. 
One is he who' governs the commercial 
world, the other is the God of nature.'' 
This real and private definition of God 
is, ^^He that hath power to control is 
God, and he that hath not that power is 
a servant of God. " '' The God of nature 



Errors of Humanity 151 

is not a person, but the God of the 
commercial world — an individual person 
whom I represent." 

King Clip says: ^^When I first be- 
came King of the earth I had but little 
difficulty in ruling, but as new dis- 
coveries and inventions came soi rapidly 
and the people grew in numbers, I was 
put to- my wits end toi know what tO' do 
to hold my position as King of the 
rapidly growing commercial world. 
Kjiowing the weakness and unbounded 
selfishness of human nature, I finally 
mapped out a plan tot suit the occasion. 
By forming a wheel within a wheel, a 
ring within a ring, then appointing 
trustworthy apostles and paying them 
nicely for the same, I saw my way quite 
clearly but like Solomon of old I am 
getting old. This world is not what it 
really seems to be. I am going to open 
my heart to you without restraint and 



152 God and the Devil 

tell you who I am and wliat I have been 
doing, Lo'j these many years. To begin 
with I am the solei director of this en- 
tire commercial globe. My rights in the 
past none dared to dispute. My ruling 
power has always been money, 
principally gold. Of course I used plen- 
ty of paper currency but it was general- 
ly understood that gold was the stand- 
ard of values and the multitudes be- 
lieved it. 

^^I had many truth worthy apostles 
and hirelings. I always made it a rule 
to* impress upon the minds of the people 
that all laws formulated by me were in- 
fallible. My instructions were to speak 
just as little truth as possible, just 
enough to^ tickle the fancy or vanity of 
mankind. Why the many orthodox 
people disagree is on the question of 
God. Some claim him to be personal, 
others claim God to' be invisible and un- 



Errors oe Humanity 153 

seen. Otkers elaim nature or tlie com- 
bined elements of nature to be God. 
Otbers say God is a supernatural spirit, 
not fatbomable by man. All they know 
about it is that they feel inspired; they 
feel some sort of a power that is con- 
trolling them continually; consequently 
it is God. Each in a measure is right, 
that is, they have a very slight founda- 
tion on which they can build, but not 
sufficient for any real permanency. 
Their faith is like houses built upon the 
shifting sands. Their theories vary just 
enough to keep their houses divided. 
Thus, a house divided within itself can 
not prosper. This is why I caused so 
many isms to be taught, thus keeping 
the multitudes divided. 

^^I, King Clip, have all mankind at 
my mercy. Thus all may see why the 
many errors of man continue tO' exist. 
Men, on general principles are honest, 



154 God and the Devil 

but the laws given them by which they 
are governed are so conflicting and con- 
tradictory within themselves that it is 
impossible for men to be just towards 
one another. Poverty and self preser- 
vation are the only stumbling blocks or 
barriers to the exact truth. Hunger, 
want and privation have not the time 
nor the opportunity to search for causes. 
It is immediate relief. Nature calls on 
them toi eat and they must do so regard- 
less of the law of man. Nature's law is 
always foremost in the time of need. If 
an ox be hungry and jumps intoi an en- 
closure he is called breechy, but if a man 
get in on forbidden ground (King Clip's 
premises) he is a trespasser or a thief. 
If a man kill his neighbor he is a vulgar 
murderer, but if he be a general and 
thereby cause many to be slain, he is 
highly honored and is rocempensed ac- 
cording to the laws provided by King 
Clip (or the laws of man). 



Mystery of Christ 155 

CHAPTER III. 

Mystery of Christ. 

The plain truth is; that the people are 
being tanght falsely. Dead people do 
not, neither do they commune or con- 
verse with the living. They only live in 
memory or in the hearts of the yet living 
friends or enemies as the case may be. 
Deeds never die as long as humanity 
continues tO' ecxist on earth. What the 
multitudes do^ or feel or hear are these. 
They feel the electric forces or mes- 
meric power of their fellow men. Com- 
munications are just as accurate and in 
fact more correct when sent on an in- 
visible wire as they are by a visible 
one, for the reason the news is brought 
unexpectedly and without superstition 
or prejudice. There are two poles, the 
objective and subjective, established in 



156 God and the Devil 

every human being, and in animals too. 
Some of course are mncli more sensitive 
than others. It is the misunderstanding 
of these nnseen powers that brings 
confusion in our midst. As an illustra- 
tion, take the phonograph. 

Within the phonograph there is a 
cylinder subject to- impregnation of 
sounds (or the human voice). The 
speaker who' wishes to preserve his es- 
say talks through a tube. The sound 
isi received by the cylinder and retained 
for further use (like the echo will re- 
bound when a favorable opportunity 
presents itself). Man is an original 
phonograph. Within him there is a 
cylinder of conciousness which is sub- 
ject to impregnation, whether by friend 
or foe. These deeds of what ever name 
or nature they may be are sure toi be 
impregnated therein. If it be for evil 
or for good, it matters not which, the 



Mystery of Chkist 157 

phonograph will repeat whenever an 
opportunity presents itself. If it is for 
revenge or for love, the phonograph will 
repeat correctly the sonnds regardless 
of who has spoken to' it. No matter 
whether it be that of a fanatic or of a 
rational being it is all the same, tO' the 
machine. Those words spoken or deeds 
done in the body while living are sure 
to be handed down from generation to 
generation through man's original phon- 
ograph. 

Thus man may see why his errors do 
follow him. He also may know why he 
is poor today and rich tomorrow. He 
also may understand why so many sur- 
prises are in waiting for him. Re- 
member his friends and his enemies, as 
the case may be, are always on the alert 
either for or against him. This is why 
some become suddenly rich and others 
suddenly poor. But this- does not stop 



158 God and the Devil 

Jhere. Those in liigli places are equally 
afflicted by this imseeii, invisible (so^ 
called) supernatural inspiration. There 
is not one permanently secure, nor ever 
can be, until man finds the real truth. 
As long as man continues tO' spurn the 
truth he will always remain in darkness 
and in ignorance. 

But let us further hear King Clip, who 
is the inca.mation of evil genius in the 
world today? Speaking in regard to 
Christ, he says: 

^^ Black art is a person endowed with 
a preponderance of mesmeric power. 
Many fear this art, feel its irresistible 
influence, but being ignorant of its orig- 
in cannot refrain from being victimized 
by it. It has power to draw unto itself, 
but intelligence can resist its influence. 

^^How about Christ? This is a hard 
proposition for me to reveal,'' said King 
Clip. ^^Here is where I made the great- 



Mystery of Christ 159 

est mistake of my life. You see, before 
the birth of Christ I was exceedingly 
anxious for an assistant ruler, not being 
sufficiently conversant with the Natural 
Law. Christ's disposition was toi the 
reverse from what I expected it would 
be. The multitudes in general never 
could understand why it was that 
Christ was so wise and intelligent. 
Again the mystery was more mysterious 
toi the people at finding Christ in a 
manger. The mystery still deepens by 
making Joseph and Mary his step par- 
ents. Of course it was given out 
through my instructions that God, or, 
the holy ghost impregnated Mary with 
the spirit of God. Thus Christ was 
God's only begotten Son, when the hon- 
est fact was simply this: In casting 
about for a ruler or a king to' succeed 
me, when I became old, or was to^ be no 
more here on earth, I discovered a plan 



160 God and the Devil 

which I thought would bring about sat- 
isfactory results. In this I was greatly 
disappointed. The plan was this: That 
I was to find some fully developed male 
and female that were from some high 
blooded ancestors^ — thoise that had their 
vitality complete, then keep them, or 
especially the mother, surrounded by 
servants, the distressed, the maimed, the 
halt, the blind, the beggar, tramp, mur- 
derer, theif, hypocrite, imposter and even 
surrounded by high courts, judges, 
lawyers, lords, dukes, kings and queens 
and others. 

'^This plan was carried out to my 
satisfaction but the result was a shock- 
ing surprise. Here is the story complete. 
The young couple spoken of were found 
in a beautiful park in a far off land. 
The instructions given them were car- 
ried out toi perfection. Just as soon as 
the child was bom I had it kidnapped 



Mystery of Christ 161 

and brought to where he was found 
in the manger. Joseph and Mary adopt- 
ed the child. Of course the news 
of the birth of Christ spread like 
wildfire. I remained in the back- 
ground as I always have, and 
clapped my hands in triumph. This 
time I got caught in my own trap. Al- 
though the child was as smart if not 
smarter than I expected, his intel- 
ligence went the wrong way to suit me. 
Instead of trying to* assist me he threw 
his whole influence against my instruc- 
tions. It took me many years to dis- 
cover the cause of this. At last the 
light dawned upon me. I did not find 
the error in any written book but dis- 
covered my mistake through the instruc- 
tions of the laws of nature. 

*^I find man to be the product of 
nature, but not the authority of nature. 



162 God and the Devil 

Again, I discovered that nature could 
not be bribed as judges and jurors often 
are. Nature is a correct bookkeeper. 
She neither nods nor bends to^ the breeze 
of any man's whims. Nature records all 
things correctly and every debt must be 
paid even unto death. Her books must 
strike a true balance. The secret of the 
mother of Christ is this. While the 
child was yet unborn the influences 
were such as to excite sympathy in the 
embryoi being. Although the mother 
followed the instructions of her dictator, 
yet nature did not fail toi do its duty 
to the child, Jesus. The influence was 
accurately and correctly recorded as it 
was proven after the child, Jesus, was 
bom. Thus, ignorance is always in 
trouble and continually and eternally 
taken by surprise or in other words the 
child was birthmarked with justice, 
sympathy and truth. 



Mystery op Christ 163 

'^You who read, doi you not remember 
of reading what Christ said when he 
took his departure from this earthly 
body? Did he not say, ^I go, but I will 
send you a comforter. ' His promise has 
been fulfilled, loi! these many years. 
Many odd years agO' this comforter was 
bom under as much mysterious circum- 
stance as Christ himself was. He is 
here in the midst of the living as much 
as Christ was and yet this comforter 
is not recognized by Jew nor Gentile. 
Why doi not the multitudes know this 
fact? It iis because of their traditious, 
artifical teaching. The truth abideth 
not in the present generation. Truth to 
them is stranger than fiction. The light 
of truth and virtue is blinding to' their 
eyes and understanding ^Thus, eyes ye 
have and ye see not.' ^Ears ye have 
and ye hear not.' ^Understanding ye 
have but you understand not.' 



164 God and the Devil 

'^To make it more clear to tke reader 
regarding the birth of Christ, and the 
condition by which he came on the earth 
the following illustration may be bene- 
ficial. Take the advice of a successful 
farmer or stock raiser. The farmer first 
clears the ground of all rubbish. K 
there be any swamps or stagnant pools, 
he drains them. Then he turns the soil 
up to' the sunlight or in other words civi- 
lizes it. When the soil becomes 
thoroughly cultivated and enriched, 
and when the season is favorable, 
according to^ the laws of nature, he se- 
lects the seed that is perfect and that 
is free from all foul elements. The same 
shall be said of the successful stock 
raiser. He is sure to make choice of the 
animals for breeders. The food is se^ 
lected in the same way, and at the same 
time a proper shelter is provided for 
the growth and comfort of the stock. 



Mystery of Christ 165 

In fact the surroundings are made fav- 
orable and conducive toi health and per- 
fect growth. 

^^The health of Christ, according to 
history, was perfect but his surround- 
ings were miserable before birth and 
thereafter, he being in sympathy with 
the downtrodden, blighted his existence 
here on earth. Hence, truth crushed to 
earth shall rise again. 

^^I suppose," said King Clip, ^^you 
would like tc know whoi the father of 
Christ was. Do not get startled nor 
surprised when I tell you King Clip 
himself was his legal father. His mother 
was none other than a castaway or in 
other words a disinherited child from a 
royal family. The crime by which she 
was rejected from her parental roof was, 
committed at a theological college, she 
being betrayed by a royal King's Son. 
Through respect for her dead and de^- 



166 God and the Devil 

caying ashes lier name aad birthplace 
will forever remain a, secret. This I 
promised the dying mother of Christ. 
This sacred secret will gO' with me to' my 
last resting place. No' artificial phono^ 
graph will ever have the opportunity 
tO' reveal the birthplace of the real 
mother of Jesns. 

^^The detective or reporter of hnman 
events, then made inquiry of King Clip 
if he was the real Grod of this commercial 
world, and for proof why he claimed to 
be such. 

^^Do not the things of every kind, 
name or nature assert for themselves 
that the truth is being spoken by me?'^ 
asked King Clip. 

^^If this be true, why is it that you 
(Clip) are so^ fond of all sorts of schools 
and colleges. Why doi you encourage 
education, refinement, art, science and 
religious instruction ? ' ' 



Mystery of Christ 167 

To' this questioii King Clip replied: 

^^Does the trapper of game put his 
foot in his own trap knowingly. Is not 
the trap made especially to' catch vic- 
tims?" 

' ' Oh, I see, ' ' says the reporter, ' 'your 
instructions are mere contrivances oi 
schemes or in other words, your books 
were not intended for real worth; they 
V7ere artificial. They are for the pur- 
pose of deceiving the multitudes." 

''Just so," says the King. ''You see 
I do not follow my own instructions. 
These are alone for the public. Tlie in- 
structions I follow are those best known 
to myself. They are strictly private. 
Even my apostles and my hirelings are 
j"erfectly ignorant as to my intentions. 
All they require is plenty of money. 
This I give to them freely and spon- 
taneously." 



168 God an-d the Devil 

^^How do yon manage to get the many 
billions yon control ? ' ' 

^ ^ 0, ' ' said King Clip, ' ' that is perfectly 
simple, and easy, when yon once under- 
stand the ropes. Yon seei it is nnder- 
stood that I am infallible, that my word 
is law. Have yon not read in my divine 
book where many sacrifices have been 
made in the name of the Lord Thy God. 
Do yon not see plainly why gold comes 
to mei sot plentifnlly. When I say go 
they go. When I say come, they come. 
When I say fight they fight. When I 
say peace, therei is peace. Can yon not 
see that gold is the fountain head for all 
dictators. Labels cnt no fignre with me 
bnt it does with the ignorant masses. 
Those different isms are jnst the thing 
toi mle them with. Yes, sir, infallibil- 
ities, snpematnrals, and unknown things 
are the greatest whips on earth to whip 
the nnsophisticated into obedience. Do 



Mystery of Cheist 169 

yon not see the fruit of my lite[rary 
work? Do you not see many in rags, 
homeless and forsaken? Do you not see 
and hear the poor wretches in all hours 
of the day and night struggling for a 
mere pittance to sustain a miserable ex- 
istence? Do you not see crime and in- 
sanity on the increase? Dot you not see 
the industrious in misery ? Do you think 
if my books were properly written such 
misery could poissibly exist? No, sir, 
Mr. Detective of human rights, the whole 
panorama is false from top to bottom. 
I feel the conviction keenly. I am sorry 
for all those things, but yet it is well 
when all things end well. The past 
history will be of great value to future 
generations. ' ' 



BOOK IV. 

Knowledge vs. Belief 



OHAPTElRL 
A Prey to Ignorance. 

Hnmanity is so prejudiced, so com- 
pletely fettered by ignorance that almost 
a miracle is necessary to^ convince the 
skeptic that things not dreamed of in 
days gone by are not only possible today 
bnt actual realities. Men have been per- 
secuted and even burned at the stake 
for their discoveries in literary science 
and for their scientific inventions. We 
in this age are fettered likewise, perhaps 
under a different label. "We havei been so 
taught and accustomed to call on others 
when confused or depressed, without ex- 



Prey to Ignorance 171 

erting our own mind or examining the 
circumstances or surroundings of our 
own immediate self that we are com- 
paratively helpless. By such negligence 
we have become loaded up with drugs of 
fanaticism, bigotry, superstition, in- 
famy and crime unknowingly. At the 
present age the conditions are such, with 
the multitudes, that it is considered trea- 
son toi proclaim the truth. While of 
course we are not in any particular 
danger of being burned at the stake (and 
yet we might as well be) for popular 
opinion (under the circumstances) is 
against the truth. This being the case a 
boycott is placed against anything that 
resembles the truth in the least. But if 
represented in pictures as in Puck, or 
other cartoonist papers, it is amusing 
and funny, and always tickles vanity or 
natural man, who always thinks the car- 
toon is not meant for him personally but 



172 Knowledge vs. Belief 

for some other person, or perhaps his 
next door neighbor. 

It is a common expression that 
a dmnkard always presumes the 
other fellow intoxicated while he 
himself is perfectly sober. Hence 
an investigation of a fact of the 
most vital importance (which is 
trnth) is too stale and too dry for the or- 
dinary intellect. Ordinarily one would 
much rather pay ten cents to see a freak 
of nature as is often advertised on a 
canvass over the entrance of a fake show- 
man's tent J than look at real nature. If 
the average mind cannot grasp the mean- 
ing of the many allegories herein con- 
tained then this litle book is written in 
vain. 

The idea of the writer is by placing 
such plain language before the inquiring 
mind in simple form, that all who read 
may be vitalized by getting new vigor 



Prey to Ignorance 173 

into their weak and feeble brains, and 
instilling new life intO' those whoi adopt 
the simple trnth. Bnt if men continue 
to' yield to vanity, and after a prolonged 
struggle, ran into madness in that hor- 
ried state when mind may be considered 
as without protection or a wall of safety, 
open tot every insult and paying homage 
tot every vanity or invader that should 
happen their way, they must continue to 
suffer. 

After the lapse of time man becomes 
feeble and if he fails tc grasp the truth, 
he is sure to be visited with strange ob- 
jects, yea, thousands of visionary phan- 
toms arise before him which come and go 
without his will. A continuance or toler- 
ation of vital passions soon take firm 
possession of his mind. An unwholesome 
brain is like unto the horrors of a starv- 
ing or famishing man. A thousand 
strange images arise in his mind and 



174 Knowledge vs. Belief 

every one of his senses begin toi bring 
him wrong information. The most nause- 
ating perfumes appear toi him to have a 
delightful smell and every thing he looks 
at has a fascinating color. 

When presented with genuine nour- 
ishment (truth) he looks upon it with 
loathing instead of desire. Hence it will 
take some time before the intellect can 
be toned to appreciate justice, or real 
food. Again public opinion is such that 
it is like old, stale butter sweetened and 
worked over. It becomes palatable and 
is called fresh, while a, petted and spoiled 
.child is called fresh also. Man, with all 
the privileges he enjoys and the power 
invested in him, has superiority over all 
other animals, and yet he is inferior (in 
many respects) to the meanest of them 
all. Why ? It is because man is the only 
animal that is susceptible to imagina- 
tion, superstition and selfish idolatry. 



Prey to Ignokance 175 

As for attachment, man and beast are in 
some respects about equally divided, es- 
pecially as to the domestic animal, the 
dog. It seems the more the dog is 
abused by its tyrant master the more it 
is ready to' exert its services to its 
beastly superior. This disposition is 
noticeable in the human race. Upon 
general principles the common multi- 
tudes have no' enemy, but their tyranni- 
cal masters think they need a throne in 
order toi act as dictators. Hence the 
masses, like the dog, become the master's 
slaves without a cause. 



176 Knowledge vs. Belief 

CHAPTER n. 

Throne of Ttedition. 

Eesolved toi the last analysis all re- 
ligious creeds are founded on the law of 
self preservation. This is the starting 
place at which all denominations fasten 
their beliefs, both secret and sacred, 
upon their victims. All the different de- 
nominational or creed labels arise from 
this source. In all societies there are 
many individuals who- aspire toi be lead- 
ers, dictators or rulers. The writer cares 
not what the society may be, whether 
secret, sacred, political or religious. 
There are thosei whoi possess certain as- 
pirations, or inspirations, tO' be at the 
head at all hazards, regardless of their 
fitness. If they fail in one direction they 
try another, and if they fail tot succeed 
for the time being they continue ever 



Throne of Tradition 177 

waitcliful and always on the alert for an 
opening (like a rail splitter who puts in 
his wedge at the first opening of the 
log), and when an opportiinity presents 
itself he avails himself of it. Perchance 
his dictatorship may be of short dnrar 
tion. Nevertheless he thinks of the old 
adage, ^^If at first yon don't succeed, 
try, try again. ' ' 

Ten chances toi one this ambitious 
creature, in order toi succeed, will start 
a new organization to suit his own fancy. 
Hence from one little grain of mustard 
seed many grains are grown, or labels 
produced. After many years of exper- 
ience he becomes an apt scholar. He has 
at least found the weak places in human 
nature. Perseverance and the scientific 
principles of knowing how toi take things 
by the smooth handle, usually win in the 
long run, although it may be somewhat 
inconvenient at times for the followers. 



178 Knowledge vs. Belief 

A set-back has no effect on the would-be 
dictator, provided he is on the upper- 
most round of the ladder away from 
harm's way. The reason why we do not 
all agree is because we are each differ- 
ently taught and exist under different 
circumstances. Our surroundings are as 
yaried as the many grains of sand. The 
principle by which all mankind disagree 
is yet, comparatively spenking, unknown 
tO' the majority of manlxind Because 
mankind (as a inile) is governed by senti- 
ment and not by calculation. The heart 
too often yields to false inspiration 
without reason or judgment. 

All animal natures are more or less 
impregnated by electric forces, some of 
course much more than others. These 
are much more sensitive. Each indi- 
vidual is impressed with some sort of a 
sensation unaccountable tO' himself and 
is at a loss to- understand whence it came 



Throne of Tradition 179 

and for what purpose. Througli thife 
strange phenomena he consults some pro^ 
fessor, or perchance ai graduate from 
some theological institution. The pro- 
fessor, of course, will explain according 
tO' instruction given him while at college, 
regardless of itSi correctness Neverthe- 
loss the authority is taken for granted 
and the explanation is held to be infal- 
lible. Different orthodox authorities 
are consulted on as many different sub- 
jects. Each explains accordingly, on 
general principles. Individuals, as also 
institutions do not see the defects within 
themselves, but are extremely observant 
of the weakness in others. 

Tradition does much tp^ influence tlie 
lives of the masses. It is a very common 
expression to hear those who are attach- 
ed to tradition say: ^^My father before 
me did so and so, and if the law by which 
my parents lived was good enough for 



180 Knowledge vs. Belief 

them, it is good enongh for me.'' In mak- 
ing such remarks they neglect one im- 
portant fact, that is, they forget that our 
forefathers lived under different circum- 
stances. The surroundings in those days 
were as much varied as day is from night. 
What would be considered perfection in 
the days of Washington, Andrew Jack- 
son and Webster would be thought im- 
perfection in the present age. Yet tra- 
dition continues to insist that those men 
were men of perfection, and no doubt 
they were, to some extent, in their day, 
but the law of that day will not do for 
today, any more than the same imple- 
ments of culture will dO' for the present 
age. The crooked stick, or the snath, 
has had its day of usefulness. Remem- 
ber, we are living in a progressive age. 
Once an ox team was quite convenient 
and plenty fast, but today how differ- 
ent. Lightning speed is not fast enough 



Throne of Tradition 181 

for the present ambitioins generation. 

Tliose ambitions ones, throngh. their 
eagerness to- cover immensity have neg- 
lected to* panse long enongh tO' ascertain 
from whence came their irresistible in- 
flnence. It is true, it has been explained 
to them by those who' are supposed to 
know, and yet, why did they not ask 
this simple question? Why do the many 
teachers differ so widely ? Why sO' many 
theories? Did they not neglect to in- 
vestigate this one simple fact, that all 
living things are from one common 
parentage. The same sun shines, on all; 
all are covered by the same sky. The 
earth is the footstool of all the animal 
kingdom, and is moistened by the dew 
from the Grod of Nature. If this be true, 
why the many conflicting opinions be- 
tween man and man. After due reflec- 
tion and calm consideration, will not 
reason teach that the human family, as a 



183 Knowledge vs. Belief 

rule, has neglected the main factor by 
which life can be made congenial? 

Here is one assertion the writer will 
make, on which doubtless all will agree. 
It is this: In nature all things dwell, 
from nature (or God) came all things. 
Now then, wherein mankind differsi is in 
the definition or the construction of na- 
ture's laws. The writer claims this. The 
reason men differ so widely resolves it- 
self to a question of self preservation 
with each individual. Each institution 
claims the right to preserve for poster- 
ity certain things. It may be in the di- 
rection of family tradition, blood relat- 
ion, crowned heads, governmental, or 
wealth, fame or fortune. In competing 
for these honors the road to posterity, 
prosperity and happiness is overlooked. 
See the coincident of the Johnstown 
flood. It will be remembered a sporting 
corporation built a dam on a hill back 



Throne oe Tradition 183 

of Johnstown for sporting purposes 
where reoreaition could have imdistnrbed 
freedom. What was the consequence? 
The whole city was swept off thei face of 
the earth. With it many thousands of 
lives were blotted out to say nothing 
about the wreckage left behind^ with 
many homes bedecked in mourning and, 
as many more penniless and in want. 
See how quick love will turn to hate and 
gaiety toi mouraing. 

All of such calamities happen from not 
obeying the natural law. Thus, it ap- 
pears the passions of humanity are not 
governed by reason or judgment. The 
competition between the many different 
institutions, both secret and sacred is too 
keen to permit of investigating the exact 
truth of the law of nature. The extreme 
selfishness of man is too narrow to recog- 
nize this fact, and while the law of man 
pretends, or intends to do justice to the 



184 Knowledge vs. Belief 

people, it falls short of the mark, by neg- 
lecting to be more observant of the law 
of nature. Nature records all things, 
being a, correct time keeper. Her books 
always balance. Bribery of her is an im- 
possibility. She is not in the race of life 
for imaginary glory, neither in the com- 
mercial race for richness and false honor. 
Her gigantic structure needs not the 
compliments nor the flattery of man. 

Nature's greatness lies in her ability 
toi supply the wants of her children. This 
should be the boast of all governments 
in all lands. No country, government, 
or nation can become great until the law 
of nature can be rightly understood and 
correctly interpreted by it. 

The word tradition is much easier 
spoken than its mighty purport is under- 
stood. Tradition kills and destroys in 
many ways. Let us apply this illustra- 
tion. Place ai young married couple on 



Throne of Tradition 185 

a plot of fertile land sufficient toi support 
a family of fivei in plenty. They prosper 
well for a, time, but tradition forces them 
to plant in the midst of the farm the 
^^ divine thistle". Here they must wor- 
ship. To the altar of this divine thistle 
they must bring their children, as soon 
as they are born, and offer them in de- 
votion to the service and worshipi of 
this divinity. 

They cultivate the divine thistle, 
water it, worship it. They bring their 
offerings before it. Finally it over- 
spreads the farm and chokes out all other 
plants and growths, and the land will no 
longer yield a support to the now increas- 
ed family. It has become impoverished, 
weakened, exhausted, and its life-giving 
force is gone. The family is now in 
poverty, in want, in slavery, in rags, and 
the divine thistle is its master. The 
substance, the energy of the family has 



186 Knowledge vs. Belief 

been absorbed by the divine thistle. 
What have its members, from parents to 
children, left? They have the glory of 
tradition. They have been loyal to creed, 
to the customs of their ancestors, to the 
ancients. So' were the slaves of the Ro- 
man gods. So were the down-troddeoa 
vassals of the Egyptian Pharaohs. So 
are the votaries of the modern theolog- 
ians. 

In like manner yon, my reader, daily 
worship before the divine thistle. In 
like manner are yon offering yonr sub- 
stance to be consumed by the god of tra- 
dition. In like maimer are yon, along 
with the masses, marching to the unwel- 
come, unsought goal of the world — slav- 
ery. Ttradition, and all its horrid cus- 
toms, and forms of worship, and exact- 
ing, blood-sucking creeds, is now or soon 
will be your complete, merciless master, 
Grod is gold, and tradition is his throne 
in the world today. 



Knowledge vs. Belief 187 



CHAPTEOa III. 

Knowledge vs. Belief. 

The author would call attention toi the 
significance of that everydaiy fact of life 
known as food. Food isi necessary to the 
life and health of the body, the mind and 
the sonl. 

Science teaches usi that the cellular or- 
ganization of the human body is a psy- 
chological compound, made up from the 
elements of substance called carbon, 
oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulphur 
and pho'sphorusi. EK^ery high school 
pupil in the land knows that the neces- 
sary food and drink of the body comes 
from the same elements of substance, 
wrought in various compound forms. 

Then is it not true, at the last analysis 
that the body feeds and drinks upon its 
own substance? Most certainly that is 



188 Knowledge vs. Belief 

the truth. This is not a matter of trar 
dition — of belief — but of science and 
truth. 

Kow if you desire, you may do sc; 
that is you may consider the mind, as a 
study, apart from both soul and body, 
and what do we find here? Why, the 
mind is constantly in need of food, just 
as the body is. What is more, it feeds 
upon its own substance, precisely the 
same as the body does. Thoughts are 
peculiar to the mind. The mind is capa- 
ble of exercising thought — the mind is 
intelligence. 

It is true that the mind feeds and 
grows and expands on thoughts^ — on its 
own substance. But let us gO' up the lad- 
der, a round or two; higher. Let us con- 
sider the soul, with its feelings, emotions 
and the will, and finally consciousness. 
The corporieties of the coul arise from a 
psychological compound substance 



Knowledge vs. Belief 189 

which includes all the qualities of life 
substance^ — life substance from all the 
great planes of existence from the abso^ 
lute toi the physical. 

The corporieties of the soul are con- 
stantly in need of food — good, whole- 
some food. What sort of food does the 
soul feed upon, when it is not famishing? 
It feeds upon its own substance, the same 
as the body, and the mind do, and where- 
in it is denied this, it famishes and with- 
ers, and dies. 

What is that substance? It is truth — a 
knowledge of truth. How can the soul 
thrive on belief — on the beliefs of tradi- 
tion? Can the soul prosper on falsehood? 
No! The soul will starve on the false. 
Belief will not improve, or strengthen, or 
expand the soul, because belief is always 
false. Belief is never truth. Belief is 
the devil, and the devil is a lie. Belief 
never can be true. No man or woman 



190 Knowledge vs. Belief 

ever yet believed the truth. It is an im- 
possibility — with the soul. Why? Be- 
cause the soul must have knowledge of 
the truth or perish. Belief is not soul 
food. You cannot believe. That is one 
of the falshoods of tradition. The soul 
must know. Why? 

Because the soul has natural knowl- 
edge. Its substancei — its faculties — its 
life^ — its feelings^ — its^ emotions: — are all 
substance and that substance has natural 
knowledge. The soul was evolved by the 
knowledge — the intelligence of the sub- 
stance of which it is composed. Now, 
in feeding on knowledge the soul — the 
whole man or woman — grows, expands, 
enlarges^ and becomes more intense, and 
rises, from day tO' day to- higher qualities. 
Don't you see? 

Truth is the only food that should ever 
be offered at the gateway of the soul. 
The souls of men — of the masses, are 



Knowledge vs. Belief 191 

famishing for truth, for knowledge. How 
can the sonl make diet of belief? How 
can the soul thrive on tradition, on 
creeds, on dogmas, or on the false teach- 
ings of blood-sucking preachers of the^ 
ology? 

If a, man tell you that you can believe 
what you dO' not know — that of which 
you do' not have absolute knowledge, he 
is ai falsifier, and is absolutely ignorant 
of the substance of the soul, and of the 
infinite, absolute substance of God. He 
is a false teacher and is ignorant of 
science, and is void of a knowledge of the 
underlying principles of life. 

Belief is a tradition, a false god, a lie, 
a stumbling block, and the masses of the 
world today, in and out of the churches 
are famishing on this miserable, worth- 
less chaff. Away with it. Down with it, 
and, in its stead give the world knowl- 
edge—truth. 



192 Knowledge vs. Belief 

There is no salvatioii for mankind out- 
side of knowledge, bnt with knowledge 
all may have liberty, and peace and 
plenty. Knowledge is power, and with 
it the people will have strength, not only 
toi defeat their enemies bnt tO' rise on the 
wings of progress. Man loves power. 
He has sold virtue to obtain it and lost 
all. He has sought power in tradition, 
in creed, in dogma, in gold, but while 
these have enabled him to divide and 
oppress and impoverish the masses they 
have given him neither real power nor 
real happiness. 

Knowledge is the only road to power. 
The power that comes by knowledge is 
founded on righteousness, and is the 
power of peace and harmony and love 
and philanthropy. Knowledge is the 
gateway toi the brotherhood and sister- 
hood of the human race. 

Creed and gold weaken, and divide 



Knowledge vs. Belief 193 

man against man. Ttey are the forces 
that breed suicides and mnrders and di- 
vorces and all manner of social nnrest. 
They are the seeds that beget a, harvest 
of sorrow and suffering. They are the 
gods whose worship dwarf and blight 
the soul. 

Knowledge^ — a, knowledge of truth — is 
the gateway to higher, purer, stronger, 
happier life, for men and women. What 
is knowledge? It is an acquaintance 
with the facts of the universe, with the 
behavior of life substance, with the laws 
of nature- — with God. Seek knowledge 
and in finding it you find life — all things. 
What the people need is a higher, 
stronger, more intense life. This will 
enable them toi control and to> command 
the elements of the physical world, and 
toi dissipate from their lives all unrest, 
all weakness, all evil. Life can be enlarg- 



194 Knowledge vs. Belief 

ed and intensified only as knowledge is 
appropriated in the soul. 

All evil in life is bom of ignorance; 
it is the child of false beliefs, of false 
creeds, of a false god. "Where there is 
ignorance there must be error and where 
there is error there is evil. Again where 
there is evil there are sickness, disease, 
affliction, vice, sorrow, suffering and 
death. But as knowledge takes the place 
of ignorance, truth takes the place of 
error, the sorrows and afflictions of 
life are dissipated in like proportion. 

As yon love life seek knowledge. 



BOOK V. 
Allegory of the Bell Wether 



CHAPTER I. 

Cruelty's Self Curse. 

The Bell Wether is a sheep without as- 
piration. He lives only to do as he is 
bid. Sheepmen, employ him to lead the 
flock. The big horned ones always fol- 
low, or go by themselves. All who know 
anything of sheep herding readily un- 
derstand the functions of the Bell Y/eth- 
er. 

Now, there are Bell Wethers that do 
not belong to the sheep fam^ily. There 
are to be seen in the walks of human 
life the real characteristic Bell Wethers. 
Each branch of business has its Bell 



196 Knowledge vs. Belief 

Wether in human form. It is the same 
in the walks of society, politics, science, 
commerce and religion — everywhere. 

This species of dummy leader has no 
desire except to* eat, and is therefore a 
convenient instrument in the hands of 
shepherds to control the masses. 

The merchant or other business men 
such as financiers employ bell wethers 
for various purposes. The bell wether is 
often seen in the show window, marked 
very low, or in the form of an outside 
hustler. 

As a, rule the article in the window, if 
it be a suit of clothes, will not fit the or- 
dinary customer. This leads to other 
propositions, and if the visitor is caught 
in this way the bell wether has accomp- 
lished its purpose. The bell wether leads 
the shepherd's flock to the river to be 
washed, to the fleecing table and to the 
slaughter pen. 



Cruelty's Self Curse 197 

Once upon a time, the slieplierd turned 
his old and faithful bell wether out to die. 
He even took away the bell so' that other 
sheep could not tell his whereabouts. 
The poor creature wandered off into^ the 
forest. The hungry wolves ate him up. 
The mutton being so palatable the wolves 
took the bell wether's tracks that led to 
the shepherd's fold, and there they made 
sad havoc with the master's flock. This 
so< enraged the shepherd tha,t right there 
a seed of revenge was implanted in the 
shepherd's heart. He hired detectives 
to hunt out the villianous robbers, 
thieves and murderers. Of course the 
detectives took up the wolves ' tracks and 
followed them to their dens, but to their 
surprise none were there except some 
half-grown whelps. These the detectives 
captured and bore away in triumph. 
They brought them tO' the shepherd to 
wait further orders. 



198 Allegory of the Bell Wether 

^^Now''j says the shepherd, '^I'll tell 
you the thing" to* do. We will take the 
hide off a few good fat lambs, and eat 
their flesh, and put the pelts on the little 
whelps. They of course will wander 
hack to> their parents. We, or you the 
detectives, will follow in their wake and 
when the old wolf comes out, expecting 
of course to get some more mutton, she 
will pounce on the young murderers and 
kill them and while she is devouring 
them, you will shoot her. See; kill two 
birds with one stone. ' ' 

But there was a. disappointment in 
store for the detectives. When the old 
wolf discovered the supposed little lambs 
she of course fell upon them, but just as 
soon as the hide came off she discovered 
her mistake and instead of tearing them 
tO' pieces she commenced to^ fondle them. 
See how quick hate will turn to^ love and 
protection when one finds its own. 



CiiUELTY's Self Curse 199 

Hunger^ want and privation change its 
appetite when tlie lost is fonnd. 

Some time after the shepherd arose one 
morning rather early and slaughtered an 
innocent little lamb. There was to be a 
feast for many friends had come from 
afar to make him a visit. Of course it 
was meat they mnst have tO' make their 
joy complete. This particular morning 
the shepherd went amongst his fold with- 
out washing his hands. As usual the bell 
wether was on hand to^ meet him at the 
gate. The wether at once began to lick 
his master's hands. This was quite a 
surprise to' the sheepowner and yet he 
took no further notice of it. After a few 
days' rejoicing the friends departed. 
Later it was noticed the flock began to 
diminish in number. It was counted 
over and over again and yet an exact 
counting could not be reconciled in the 
shepherd's mind, so he consoled himself 



200 Allegory of the Bell Wether 

by saying*: ^'It must be I did not keep 
the exact acconnt of the number I 
slaughtered. ' ' 

It was noticed by the' butcher that the 
bell wether always licked up the blood 
every time there was any slaughtering 
done, but he thought nothing of it. It 
being a pet sheep, he thought perhaps he 
had acquired a thirst for blood by being 
around at killing time. Still the flock 
continued to dwindle until there were but 
a, few left. The shepherd became alarmed 
and ordered an investigation forthwith. 
His private detective was again sent for. 
The first thing to do- was tO' survey the 
premises. A private watch was put on 
guard and toi the astonishment of all 
hands, about midnight the bell wether 
pushed open the gate and led the flock 
intoi the forest. There in waiting were 
quite a number of ravenous, hungry, 
murderous wolves. After the brutes had 



Cruelty's Self Curse 201 

made their selection the faithful bell 
wether led the hiimble flock back to his 
master's fold. The next morning bright 
and early the detective made his report. 
Immediately the good shepherd called 
his friends and neighbors together. The 
bell wether was canght and of course ex- 
amined. To their great surprise, they 
found he was nothing more nor less than 
a wolf in sheep's clothing. The wolves 
had conspired together, had killed the 
original bell wether and ate it, and a 
real wolf had been clothed in his skin, 
for the purpoise of feeding its own rela- 
tives and friends with the choicest of 
mutton. 

All of the people but one insisted on in- 
stant death by hanging the wolf by the 
neck. This one asked that the wolf 
should have a, fair impartial trial before 
a jury of twelve men. The jurors were 
all summoned in due form according to 



202 Allegory op the Bell Wethek 

law. Tlie trial began. Tiie suit was 
hotly contended on both sides but seem- 
ingly it was of no' use. The wolf was 
proved beyond doubt to be a murderer; 
a villian; a sneak thief; yes, and even 
more, a traitor tO' society. In due form 
the wolf received his sentence. But to 
the surprise of all, he came forward with 
a stern look and a steady step. Not a 
muscle quivered when brought upon the 
death trap with the black cap ready to 
be drawn. The honest and digTiified 
judge said to the wolf: 

'^AVhat have you to say, Mr. Wolf, in 
defense of yourself?" The wolf, with a 
stem glance, looked straight at the court 
then turned to the honest jurors, then 
glanced at the spectators, and, with a 
smile of satisfaction, at the same time 
looked the good shepherd square in the 
face. He then began to speak as never 
a. wolf spake before. To the judge he 



Cruelty's Self Curse 203 

gave his highest compliments ; to- the jur- 
ors his best respects for obeying the law 
as they saw it according to their best 
convictions, and to the spectators he ex- 
pressed regret that the condition of 
things shonld be such in a land of milk 
and honey, where there was bread 
enough and tot spare for all the animal 
kingdom. 

Still keeping his eyes on thc' shepherd 
he spoke thus: ^^Did you ever ask the 
innocent little lambs or the unsuspecting 
sheep this simple question, ' Which is the 
most painful death, the wolf's tooth or 
the shepherd's knife'? Do we not both 
eat mutton? The wolf eats mutton fori 
his present craving while you, the shep- 
herds, keep sheep for future use. Again 
man is supposed to be made in the image 
of God, and endowed with wisdom and 
reason. The wolf has no reason, no soul 
to be saved, but is merely an animal and 



204 Allegory of the Bell Wethee 

is obliged to obtain his living the best he 
can. Is it not true that when all animals 
are born they are bom with a stomach 
and according to the laws of nature must 
be fed. Self preservation is the first law 
of nature. Why does the wolf eat mut- 
ton? Because he has no' other way of sus- 
taining life; that is, he knows of no other 
mode of obtaining a livelihood. But if 
man, who possesses so much knowledge, 
wisdom and intelligence, must subsist on 
mutton or flesh as it were, and continues 
t«j slaughter the inoffensive and the un- 
t^uspecting, what could you expect better 
from an uneducated brute like me, that 
]ias no future beyond this life? But you, 
m}^ fellow citizens in human form, ex- 
pect greater things in the world to come, 
and yet you condemn me, a poor miser- 
aLle outcast for doing the same tlii^ 
that you have fostered since your parents 
left the garden of Eden. 



Cruelty's Self Curse 205 

^ * Again, had you shown me, or in other 
words been more patient and had not 
have set the example yourself, I would 
never have entered your fold. I should, 
as a wolf, been contented to live on mice, 
fleas, bugs and snakes as I did in former 
days. I became acquainted with your 
precious flock of little innocent lambs 
and sheep through your own misconduct 
or it might be termed blind selfishness or 
greed for wealth. Had you not turned 
out that old bell wether to' die because he 
had outlived his usefulness as you sup- 
posed, our people, the wolves, would 
never have had a chance to- taste mutton. 

^^ Again, you attempted to destroy us — 
our wolf family — through conspiracy by 
putting innocent lambs' skins on our lit- 
tle whelps; by letting them return thus 
you supposed we would devour them 
through a mistake. In this you were de- 
ceived. Our sense of smell or instinct 



206 Allegory of the Bell Wether 

was mucli greater than your wisdom, 
reason or intelligence. Again, the mode 
of teaching you were raised under ga,ve 
usi an excellent opportunity toi deceive 
you. We came to' know too*, that you 
were not governed by reason but were 
governed by appetite and habits. This 
is how we conspired against you as we 
did. We did not play deception for the 
purpose of revenge but for the sake of a 
livelihood. But you, who' profess to be 
just to all mankind, do nothing but con- 
spire against all the animal kingdom, be 
it human or otherwise. See how you 
dealt with the bell wether. He was your 
pet until he became old and had lost his 
usefulness. 3Dhen without even a bell on 
him, you turned him out to die. But the 
wolves took compassion on him and end- 
ed his miserable life. 

^^ Again, had you taught the wolf to 
live on mush and milk and other vege- 



Cruelty's Self Curse 207 

tables as you slioiild have done your- 
selves, this trial would have never occur- 
red. Thus my hearers, it is the example 
set by the so-called alms shepherd, who 
SO' patiently watches over his flock, both 
by night and by day, that has sown this 
murderous seed of revenge in your hu- 
man society. To the court, to the jurors 
and to all who may be in hearing of my 
brutal and wolfish voice, I say that if you 
as just men will, from now on and to all 
eternity as long as animal life exist, 
teach the wolf family a better way to ob- 
tain a living, by example, we will gladly 
accept your teadiing and not only that 
but will fight your battles, and protect 
the innocent and unsuspecting against 
the common enemy of humanity. ' ' 

Long before the wolf had finished his 
speech he saw he had gained universal 
sympathy from the multitude around 
him. No sooner had the wolf ceased 



208 Allegory of the Bell Wether 

speaking than one of the attorneys 
moved for a new trial or an acqnital. A 
unanimous vote was taken and the wolf • 
was acquitted on the ground of self de- 
fense, and justice prevailed. 

The moral of this story is not to- turn 
trusty, inoffensive creatures out to 
starve because they have outlived their 
usefulness, for they are liable to wander 
into other folds or other flocks or organi- 
zations. Such, as a rule, proves disas- 
trous. The more want, the more discon- 
tent. The fiercer the battle for existence 
the more destructive becomes the animal. 
Nature is so constructed he must exist 
regardless of the life and comforts of 
others. 

The bell wether that is the most needed 
is the one that po'ssesses knowledge, wis- 
dom and intelligence, sufficient to lead 
the multitude, not into temptation and 



Crueltt's Self Curse 209 

darkness, but into the everlasting light 
of truth and harmony; for in nature all 
are taught to rise to perfect manhood 
and womanhood. 



210 Allegory op the Bell Wether 

CHAPTEE II. 

Nature and Natural. 

Nature and natural — that is to say, 
nature and lier products. Nature, or God, 
is supposed tO' rule over all things. The 
word God signifies power. He that has 
power to' control is God; he that has not 
is a servant of God. 

To establish God, we must establish 
God's household. At the head of every 
household there is the male and the fe- 
male, the positive and the negative. Let 
us call the sun the male and the earth the 
female. The sun impregnates the earth 
with light and heat, and the earth, by 
the laws of nature give birth to animated 
life. The earth's productions are there- 
fore called natural. The combined ele- 
ments of the earth are nature ; their off- 
spring is natural, and God is the legal 



IsTature and N'atural 211 

parent on the male side. Thus the sun 
and the earth together constitute a liv- 
ing, ruling God, but not a personal God. 

The personal God, if there be one, is 
he who rules the commercial world — ^he 
whO' rules the human race, sociologically. 
Eemember, the name God signifies pow- 
er, and as there is a magnet power in the 
social and commercial world, it may well 
be said to be God, for it rules our race 
with an irresistible power. 

The simple-minded call this God 
money, but behind the money power 
there is the greater power of creed-wor- 
ship. In this way God is resolved to a 
dual form. One side is the power of na- 
ture, the other, the combined forces of 
the natural. It is nature and natural. 
Nature is a spontaneous giver; natural 
is a spontaneous taker. Thus nature 
produces and natural consumes. The 
latter has an abnormal appetite. Justice 



212 Allegory of the Bell Wether 

is the God of the former; desire or pas- 
sion, the God of the latter. 

Nature is the fountain of production 
and natural the consumer thereof by ap^ 
petite or desire. Nature is wisdom ; nat- 
ural is a fool. Nature is a kind parent — 
gives tO' her children in ahundance; nat- 
ural partakes without consideration of 
the source of supply. Natural is glut- 
tonous. 

Nature, like truth, does not lie on the 
surface, but like all (so called) precious 
jewels, lies in the bowels of mother earth, 
and is non-pretentious and non-assum- 
ing, while natural is tO' the reverse. 
Hence Nature or an intelligent person 
has a, barren appearance outwardly, like 
unto^ a rough coating of a warehouse 
filled with the' staff of life; and yet it is 
full of goodness, while natural is like 
unto a budding rose, very attractive, and 
yet if not approached intelligently and 



Nature a^^d Natural 313 

cautiously, some one is sure to get stung 
by the thorn that is so jealously guard- 
ing the rose. Again, any person adorned 
with nature's intelligence never dresses 
with flashing colors, neither flaunts nor 
flirts for selfish gain, while natural 
adorns with artificial beauty for the pur- 
pose of attracting the innocent and the 
unsuspecting to its fold, like unto a trap- 
per which baits his trap for the purpose 
of catching game. The game knows not 
why the bait is placed so convenient, but 
the trapper knows why. Nature is a par- 
ent of justice. She protects all alike. She 
has no locks, bolts or bars on her ware- 
house, while natural, with its ignorant 
laws locks, fences, and places all manner 
of obstructions about and against na- 
ture's warehouse. Why this ignorance, 
jealousy, bigotry, superstition and trai- 
torous greed? Natural, by birth is an 
idiot, yea a fool, and a parent of crime, 



214 Allegory of the Bell Wether 

while nature is like unto^ the old oaken 
tree with its boughs extending an arm 
of welcome to all who wish to' take shel- 
ter thereunder. 

All are invited, the rich and the poor 
alike. The lion or the lamb, the cat or 
the rat, the eagle or the canary, — all are 
protected alike. Natural says nay, ^^The 
old oak belongs to' me for the reason that 
I discovered it.'' 

Nature causes the sun tO' shine on the 
just and unjust. She soothes the bleed- 
ing hearts. She furnishes food for the 
intelligent mind. She inspires and stim- 
ulates virtue. She is parent to- the 
fatherless, and the motherless. She is 
a refuge for the homeless and penniless 
wayfaring wanderers. Natural is the op- 
po'site, but with its mouth, what? It is 
a saint, building houses of selfish chari- 
ty, jails and asylums, then fills them. 
Nature is a foundation of truth and wis- 



N'atuee and N'atural 215 

dom. She knows no sin. She recognizes 
no' sect nor creed. She fosters not com- 
petition. Her wants are supplied. Her 
sympathy is like unto the weeping wil- 
low, in sympathy with all, special privi- 
leges for none. Her constitntion is built 
upon the rock of perfection. Her love 
is unbounding. Her sympathy is as 
broad as the universe. She knows no 
denial to the hungry or the needy. She 
tolerates no revenge. Her affections are 
eternal. She asks noi favors. She needs 
none. She has all tO' give and naught to 
receive. Her inmost designs are one per- 
petual source of bliss. She gives life to 
the rippling waters. She sends forth 
both seedtime and harvest. She solemnly 
and earnestly bids all to live in peace 
and harmony, for within her house there 
are many mansions, where there is 
shelter for all and bread enough and to 
spare. 



216 Allegory of the Bell Wether 

Here intelligence need not goi hungry, 
for her palaces are as numerous as. the 
stars. She knows noi death. She feels no 
sting. She has no- fear or want. She is 
as courageous as a, lion, and as gentle as 
a lamb. She fears no foe and tolerates 
noi enemy. Her home is her heaven, built 
upon the rock of ages, both sure and 
steadfast, and is eternal. She adores 
greatness, and frowns upon deceit. She 
seeks not the designs of man nor any of 
his kin or clan. Her speechless word is 
law, without a defect, or flaw. She needs 
noi natural judge or jurors, nor even a 
natural lawyer toi plead for or against 
her cause. Nature fosters freedom for 
all, while natural confines all through 
false teachings and false legislation. 
Natural recognizes many superiors while 
nature admits of none. Nature stands 
upon the uppermost (nonpretentious) 
pinnacle of wisdom. Her jewels are hid- 



Nature and Natural 217 

den beneath her bosom. Natural is a pil- 
grim and a stranger to nature. Natural 
does not recognize nature any more than 
the palace dweller recognizes the archi- 
tect and builder of the mansion he occu- 
pies. Nature is never bewildered nor 
lost. Her system is founded upon a 
planetary form of gO'Vemment that never 
clashes. Her constitution is a model of 
perfection. She seeks no apology and 
asks noi favors. She has no servants and 
needs none. Nature is a separate power 
uncontrollable by the designs of natural 
men. 

Nature records all things, rejects noth- 
ing. She is partial toi neither buyer nor 
seller, to neither Jew nor Gentile. Her 
scales always balance. What can ir. 
gence say of natural? Which way does 
natural wish its scales to balance? If 
natural were* intelligent it might see that 
nature has provided one perpetual legacy 



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foT all natural tilings^, liiimaii or other- 
wise. Poverty is an impossibility in 
nature's household, while natural, being 
ignorant, is always pO'Verty-stricken, 
either in mind or in body. Natural is 
forever and eternally in bonda.ge. It« 
narrowness of mind makes it close, covet- 
ions and extremely selfish. This is why 
natural schemes to build upon the ruins 
of others, not knowing its foundaiion is 
on the shifting sands of time. Natural, 
being a natural coward would rather 
face even a cannon's mouth, than to meet 
truth face to face. Is it not written that 
'^ Truth crushed tO' earth shall rise 
again.'' Is not nature embodied with 
truth, justice and righteousness, and yet 
her productions are controlled by natural 
deception, conspiracy and injustice. She 
has nothing to say, at least cannot dic- 
tate terms by which the products of na- 
ture may be equally distributed amongst 



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the children of earth. And why? The 
ancient and ignorant natural traditions 
and books of old have so tanght natural, 
and have so steeped its brains with false 
ideas of idolatry and ignorance, super- 
stition and conspiracy against its fellow 
creatures that nature is helpless as to 
her right of justice towards her numer- 
ous offspring. Not wonder that the many 
pray, '^Good Lord and good deviP', for 
none know whose hands they may fall 
into. 

There is but one alternativei left for 
natural man to adopt, that is this: Nat- 
ural must be educated by knowledge, in- 
stead of formality. The system of edu- 
cation must be reversed. All of the nat- 
ural books of ignorance must be destroy- 
ed. At the present age there is but one 
book of actual knowledge, wisdom and 
truth on record, and that book is the 



220 Allegory of the Bell Wether 

book of nature. This book can b^ 
destroyed neither by fire nor watere 
Nature alone has the only vault of se- 
curity where the rich and the poor alike 
.have free access without money and 
without price. Intelligence is the key re- 
quired to open up her vaults. When this 
key is obtained, nature and natural will 
be upon a, mutual understanding and on 
an even footing with each other. Then 
lamentation, poverty and crime will be of 
but a vague history. Then nature and 
intelligence will reign supreme. 



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